Biographic portraitures: or, Sketches of the lives and characters of a few illustrious persons1861 |
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... give her children . " He was also the first - born of the family , and had therefore the completest opportunities for witnessing the various phases of destitution which the household from time to time presented . Many a piteous and ...
... give her children . " He was also the first - born of the family , and had therefore the completest opportunities for witnessing the various phases of destitution which the household from time to time presented . Many a piteous and ...
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... give " a description of anagrams in general . " Heyne instantly set himself to work , and sprung forth with his discovery - Vastari ! This differed somewhat from the newspaper one , and of course was all the better . " So much greater ...
... give " a description of anagrams in general . " Heyne instantly set himself to work , and sprung forth with his discovery - Vastari ! This differed somewhat from the newspaper one , and of course was all the better . " So much greater ...
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... give rise to a con- troversy respecting the original colour of the cloth . After all deductions , however , Heyne is ... gives us token how a purpose , honestly and intently prosecuted , can scarcely fail to be successful . Heyne's ...
... give rise to a con- troversy respecting the original colour of the cloth . After all deductions , however , Heyne is ... gives us token how a purpose , honestly and intently prosecuted , can scarcely fail to be successful . Heyne's ...
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... give proofs of a superior intelligence , and the highest posts of learned eminence are open to his acceptance . He ... gives signs of promise . " He is continu- ally purchasing books , drawings , models ; treating for this or the other ...
... give proofs of a superior intelligence , and the highest posts of learned eminence are open to his acceptance . He ... gives signs of promise . " He is continu- ally purchasing books , drawings , models ; treating for this or the other ...
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... give a freer and wider scope for the success of a manly and enterprising emulation . In conclusion , we submit , with due respect , whether , in any contemplated enlargements of the usages and usefulness of our universities , it may not ...
... give a freer and wider scope for the success of a manly and enterprising emulation . In conclusion , we submit , with due respect , whether , in any contemplated enlargements of the usages and usefulness of our universities , it may not ...
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Página 94 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Página 99 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Página 89 - I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. We reproach the sex every day with folly and impertinence, while I am confident, had they the advantages of education equal to us, they would be guilty of less than ourselves.
Página 99 - Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
Página 94 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Página 77 - We state Fichte's character, as it is known and admitted by men of all parties among the Germans, when we say that so robust an intellect, a soul so calm, so lofty, massive, and immovable, has not mingled in philosophical discussion since the time of Luther.
Página 94 - COULD but our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend for birth and names unknown, And build on their past actions, not our own ; They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, And openly disown the vile degenerate race : For fame of families is all a cheat, It's personal virtue only makes us great.
Página 94 - We can never enjoy a settled, uninterrupted union and tranquillity in this nation till the spirit of Whiggism, faction, and schism is melted down like the old money.
Página 84 - famous on various accounts, and every one of them dear to Britons who love their country, value the Protestant interest, or have an aversion to tyranny and oppression.
Página 99 - And what if the Pretender should Come ? or, some Considerations of the Advantages and real Consequences of the Pretender's possessing the Crown of Great Britain.