The Rights of Animals; on the Responsibility and Obligation of Man, in the Treatment He is Bound to Observe Towards the Animal CreationJohn Mortimer, 1839 - 75 pages |
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... horror and emphasis as though he had been guilty of homicide . See Miss Pardoe's work , " City of the Sultan , " vol . i . been witnessed with petrifying horror , the fact might be GROWING EVIL . 39.
... horror and emphasis as though he had been guilty of homicide . See Miss Pardoe's work , " City of the Sultan , " vol . i . been witnessed with petrifying horror , the fact might be GROWING EVIL . 39.
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... horror at the frequent oaths of the huntsmen by whom they are surrounded , that should make a lady dread to listen to . * Truly all this is very derogatory to the female character ! and much may it be feared that such masculine ladies ...
... horror at the frequent oaths of the huntsmen by whom they are surrounded , that should make a lady dread to listen to . * Truly all this is very derogatory to the female character ! and much may it be feared that such masculine ladies ...
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... horror whilst thinking upon it even for a moment , viz . smuggling the poor negro slaves to the West Indies , cramming them down , till they are nearly smothered , behind sliding boards or pannels between decks , and when the searchers ...
... horror whilst thinking upon it even for a moment , viz . smuggling the poor negro slaves to the West Indies , cramming them down , till they are nearly smothered , behind sliding boards or pannels between decks , and when the searchers ...
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... serving all due attention and regard . Ought not man duly to appreciate and care for whatever God careth ? There are , we know , many fastidious persons who affect to shrink with horror at trifling acts , which they GROWING EVIL . 43.
... serving all due attention and regard . Ought not man duly to appreciate and care for whatever God careth ? There are , we know , many fastidious persons who affect to shrink with horror at trifling acts , which they GROWING EVIL . 43.
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Sarah Burdett. to shrink with horror at trifling acts , which they decry and denominate cruel , whilst guilty themselves of greater enormities and inconsistencies . As for minor : examples , young ladies have frequently been threading ...
Sarah Burdett. to shrink with horror at trifling acts , which they decry and denominate cruel , whilst guilty themselves of greater enormities and inconsistencies . As for minor : examples , young ladies have frequently been threading ...
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Page 50 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee : 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Page 21 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength ; he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 51 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together : and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed, their young ones shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice den.
Page 51 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 2 - I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations : I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 45 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 36 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Page 24 - The daily labours of the bee Awake my soul to industry ; Who can observe the careful ant, And not provide for future want ? My dog (the trustiest of his kind) With gratitude inflames my mind ; I mark his true, his faithful way, And in my service copy Tray. In constancy and nuptial love I learn my duty from the dove ; The hen, who from the chilly air, With pious wing protects her care, And every fowl that flies at large, Instructs me in a parent's charge.
Page 6 - But soft recesses for the uneasy mind To sigh unheard in, to the passing wind ! So the struck deer, in some sequestered part, Lies down to die (the arrow in his heart ;) There hid in shades, and wasting day by day, Inly he bleeds, and pants his soul away.
Page 2 - I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.