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... present to instruct the community on this most useful of arts at some future period , with a lecture more deserving of your favourable consideration . The investigation of this subject naturally leads us to the con- templation of man ...
... present to instruct the community on this most useful of arts at some future period , with a lecture more deserving of your favourable consideration . The investigation of this subject naturally leads us to the con- templation of man ...
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... present the astonishing contrast between man in his original condition . " When first in woods the noble savage ran , " and in the advanced state of refinement to which he has arrived , that I have ventured to commence at so early a ...
... present the astonishing contrast between man in his original condition . " When first in woods the noble savage ran , " and in the advanced state of refinement to which he has arrived , that I have ventured to commence at so early a ...
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... presents almost always a dusty appearance , and the grass is parched and withered up ; but there are still to be seen in many parts of Syria , and with- in the limits of ancient Judea , the remains of large cisterns or tanks , some hewn ...
... presents almost always a dusty appearance , and the grass is parched and withered up ; but there are still to be seen in many parts of Syria , and with- in the limits of ancient Judea , the remains of large cisterns or tanks , some hewn ...
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... present by a gradual departure from the original sense , the word " farm " is brought to signify the very estate or lands so held upon farm or rent . It is nevertheless a subject for melancholy reflection , that , though the foregoing ...
... present by a gradual departure from the original sense , the word " farm " is brought to signify the very estate or lands so held upon farm or rent . It is nevertheless a subject for melancholy reflection , that , though the foregoing ...
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... present to us a memorable and strik- ing example of the fallacy of the doctrine , which supposes wealth to consist of hoards of coin or bullion , and which demonstrates that the true sources of the wealth of nations are " Agriculture ...
... present to us a memorable and strik- ing example of the fallacy of the doctrine , which supposes wealth to consist of hoards of coin or bullion , and which demonstrates that the true sources of the wealth of nations are " Agriculture ...
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Página 24 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Página 27 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Página 41 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Página 9 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Página 42 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Página 30 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Página 43 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as...
Página 14 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Página 14 - Hell heard the unsufferable noise ; hell saw Heaven ruining from heaven, and would have fled Affrighted : but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.
Página 41 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd.