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... never have been more heard of . It was on the brink of ruin in the war with Hannibal . What would have happened had Hannibal been victorious ? It is eafy to judge , by compa- ring it with Carthage . Carthage was a commercial state , the ...
... never have been more heard of . It was on the brink of ruin in the war with Hannibal . What would have happened had Hannibal been victorious ? It is eafy to judge , by compa- ring it with Carthage . Carthage was a commercial state , the ...
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... never col- lected but in time of action , could not easily be brought under re- gular difcipline . They were idle when not in the field ; and in the field , they difplay'd nothing but vicious habits , a spirit of la- zinefs , of ...
... never col- lected but in time of action , could not easily be brought under re- gular difcipline . They were idle when not in the field ; and in the field , they difplay'd nothing but vicious habits , a spirit of la- zinefs , of ...
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... never loft hopes of recover- ing the whole . At present , we rely entirely on a standing army , for defence as well as offence , which has reduced every nation of Europe to a very precarious condition . If the army of a state happen to ...
... never loft hopes of recover- ing the whole . At present , we rely entirely on a standing army , for defence as well as offence , which has reduced every nation of Europe to a very precarious condition . If the army of a state happen to ...
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... never has been devised a method more efficacious for reftoring industry and fo- briety , than that under confideration . Its falutary effects were confpicuous , even during the fhort time it fubfifted . The dread of being forc'd into ...
... never has been devised a method more efficacious for reftoring industry and fo- briety , than that under confideration . Its falutary effects were confpicuous , even during the fhort time it fubfifted . The dread of being forc'd into ...
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... never again be called to the fervice , except in case of an actual invafion . Every one of them fhall be intitled to a premium of eight or ten pounds , for enabling him to follow a trade or calling , without being fubjected to ...
... never again be called to the fervice , except in case of an actual invafion . Every one of them fhall be intitled to a premium of eight or ten pounds , for enabling him to follow a trade or calling , without being fubjected to ...
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Page 474 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 155 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 460 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 472 - And when Abraham saw that the Man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of Heaven and Earth?
Page 473 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 407 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 436 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 449 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people. There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed; and not on the Sabbath day...
Page 407 - Lord be pleafed with thoufands of rams, or with ten thou" fands of rivers of oil ? fhall I give my firft-born for my tranfgref" fion, the fruit of my body for the fin of my foul ? He hath " fhewed thee, O man, what is good : and what doth the Lord " require of thee, but to do juftly, to love mercy, and to walk "humbly with thy God?
Page 255 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?