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Page iv
... nature of his official duties , to decline compliance with the request . But after the commencement in 1819 , a day which will long be recollected , the prospect in that respect being , as he expressed it , " entirely changed , " he no ...
... nature of his official duties , to decline compliance with the request . But after the commencement in 1819 , a day which will long be recollected , the prospect in that respect being , as he expressed it , " entirely changed , " he no ...
Page xv
... nature , which to those unacquainted with the origi- nal shall seem to possess internal evidence of fidelity . To this , may be added , the difficulty of expressing either mental or moral qualities by any language , however strong or ...
... nature , which to those unacquainted with the origi- nal shall seem to possess internal evidence of fidelity . To this , may be added , the difficulty of expressing either mental or moral qualities by any language , however strong or ...
Page xvi
... , a concentration of faculties , unusually disciplined and prompt , they appear destined by nature not passive- ly to reciprocate the movements of other minds , but to communicate their own ; not merely to transmit the xvi A SKETCH OF THE.
... , a concentration of faculties , unusually disciplined and prompt , they appear destined by nature not passive- ly to reciprocate the movements of other minds , but to communicate their own ; not merely to transmit the xvi A SKETCH OF THE.
Page xviii
... nature ; and never shone to more ad- vantage , than when discoursing upon them in such points of light , as favoured the exhibition of pow- ers for which a Clarke and a Butler were preemi- nent . For authorities , without proofs , he ...
... nature ; and never shone to more ad- vantage , than when discoursing upon them in such points of light , as favoured the exhibition of pow- ers for which a Clarke and a Butler were preemi- nent . For authorities , without proofs , he ...
Page xxi
... nature . Still more difficult would it have been to disguise the native manliness and liberality of his disposi- tion . He might often pass for an inaccessible man ; but his temper , it is believed , was not justly liable to the charge ...
... nature . Still more difficult would it have been to disguise the native manliness and liberality of his disposi- tion . He might often pass for an inaccessible man ; but his temper , it is believed , was not justly liable to the charge ...
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Page 45 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 47 - When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Page 98 - Father of light and life Thou good supreme O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from folly vanity and vice , . From evry low pursuit and feed my soul With knowledge conscious peace and virtue pure Sacred substantial never fading bliss...
Page 16 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all, that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve...
Page 112 - Christ restored a blessed correspondence between heaven and earth : for it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell : and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven, Col.
Page 72 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 52 - A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Page ii - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 113 - Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career.
Page 171 - Many of the endowments and talents we now possess, and of which we are too apt to be proud, will cease entirely with the present state ; but this will be our ornament and dignity, in every future state, to which we may be removed.