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Page 50
... sort of clearing shake , was to begin thus : ' I dare say you are devilishly surprised to see me here ? ' " ' we should nod , " Yes , " — " And faith ! I hardly know what to make of the matter myself , but I begin to suspect my having ...
... sort of clearing shake , was to begin thus : ' I dare say you are devilishly surprised to see me here ? ' " ' we should nod , " Yes , " — " And faith ! I hardly know what to make of the matter myself , but I begin to suspect my having ...
Page 52
... sort of man , ( I forget his name , ) and bade him be on the alert : the latter , being good at taking a hint , like a sensible person , made all haste , and got him- self and a few particular friends into a vessel ; 52 THE CITIZEN OF ...
... sort of man , ( I forget his name , ) and bade him be on the alert : the latter , being good at taking a hint , like a sensible person , made all haste , and got him- self and a few particular friends into a vessel ; 52 THE CITIZEN OF ...
Page 53
... sort of water - frolic enough . I forgot to tell you , they had taken a few of each sort of the animals found on our globe , on board with themselves , in order that the breeds might not be lost . When the water went off , the vessel ...
... sort of water - frolic enough . I forgot to tell you , they had taken a few of each sort of the animals found on our globe , on board with themselves , in order that the breeds might not be lost . When the water went off , the vessel ...
Page 88
... sort . If the poor sigh for the enjoyments , real or fanciful , of the rich who command them exclusively , the latter call them envious and unthankful , ig- norantly impatient : if they will not submit to injury , to aggression of ...
... sort . If the poor sigh for the enjoyments , real or fanciful , of the rich who command them exclusively , the latter call them envious and unthankful , ig- norantly impatient : if they will not submit to injury , to aggression of ...
Page 101
... sort ? Why do they receive riches here , whose only treasure is in heaven ; and follow after ease and pleasure , whose virtues are directed to consist in mortification and suffering , in know- ledge of Christ only , and of him crucified ...
... sort ? Why do they receive riches here , whose only treasure is in heaven ; and follow after ease and pleasure , whose virtues are directed to consist in mortification and suffering , in know- ledge of Christ only , and of him crucified ...
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Page 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition; his exposure of existing...
Page 162 - Necker,'that reason suits neither you or me: Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...