An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food: As a Moral DutyAlong the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all? |
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... those things which are contain❜d and digested therein fhould allways exift , inasmuch as the world , in the first place , always remains ; for which rea- fon its parts are to be place'd along with it ; its parts , i fay , heaven ...
... those things which are contain❜d and digested therein fhould allways exift , inasmuch as the world , in the first place , always remains ; for which rea- fon its parts are to be place'd along with it ; its parts , i fay , heaven ...
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... those things which can be made therein may be made accordingly . Since , therefor , in every part of the world is place'd fome fupereminent fpecies of animals , for inftance , in heaven the gods , upon the earth below daemons , it is ...
... those things which can be made therein may be made accordingly . Since , therefor , in every part of the world is place'd fome fupereminent fpecies of animals , for inftance , in heaven the gods , upon the earth below daemons , it is ...
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... war was reported to have ex- ifted between all those who inhabited beyond and about the columns of Hercules . + Of a republick , B. 7 , C. 10 . grafshopers ; and fome of them wore grafs- hopers of CHAP . I. 5 OF MAN .
... war was reported to have ex- ifted between all those who inhabited beyond and about the columns of Hercules . + Of a republick , B. 7 , C. 10 . grafshopers ; and fome of them wore grafs- hopers of CHAP . I. 5 OF MAN .
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... those that were drofsy , and had more of earth , were num- ber'd in the order of creeping things , and other creatures alltogether ufe'd to the earth . Then those beasts that were naturally watery and moist ( call'd fishes ) presently ...
... those that were drofsy , and had more of earth , were num- ber'd in the order of creeping things , and other creatures alltogether ufe'd to the earth . Then those beasts that were naturally watery and moist ( call'd fishes ) presently ...
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... the most gentle and loveing creature that could be . Those that he knew a ship - board he would come and embrace with the greateft tenderness , opening found ; language or fpeech must be taught to ( 16 CHAP . I. OF MAN .
... the most gentle and loveing creature that could be . Those that he knew a ship - board he would come and embrace with the greateft tenderness , opening found ; language or fpeech must be taught to ( 16 CHAP . I. OF MAN .
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Page 55 - Nor think, in nature's state they blindly trod; The state of nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man. Pride then was not; nor arts, that pride to aid; Man walk'd with beast, joint tenant of the shade, The same his table, and the same his bed; No murder cloath'd him, and no murder fed.
Page 164 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 159 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 198 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 173 - E'er plough'd for him. They too are temper'd high, With hunger stung and wild necessity, Nor lodges pity in their shaggy breast. But Man, whom Nature form'd of milder clay, With every kind emotion in his heart, And taught alone to weep...
Page 174 - What have ye done; ye peaceful people, what, To merit death ? you, who have given us milk In luscious streams, and lent us your own coat Against the winter's cold?
Page 121 - Th' enormous faith of many made for one ; That proud exception to all Nature's laws, T...
Page 55 - Lives on the labours of this lord of all. Know Nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, " See all things for my use ! "
Page 55 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 169 - And gorge th' ungodly maw with meats obfcene. Not fo the golden age, who fed on fruit, Nor durft with bloody meals their mouths pollute. Then birds in airy fpace might fafely move, And...