Littell's Living Age, Volume 10Living Age Company Incorporated, 1846 - American periodicals |
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... things , so deeply venerated whatever had the sanction of time , that he both shut his eyes to many defects in his view consecrated by age , and unreasonably transferred to mere duration the respect which reason itself freely allows to ...
... things , so deeply venerated whatever had the sanction of time , that he both shut his eyes to many defects in his view consecrated by age , and unreasonably transferred to mere duration the respect which reason itself freely allows to ...
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... thing , they have no experience , but which has been pre - preventing an invasion , by a judicious attack of an sented to them in all the most dazzling colors in which the eloquence of their leader could display it . The leaders ...
... thing , they have no experience , but which has been pre - preventing an invasion , by a judicious attack of an sented to them in all the most dazzling colors in which the eloquence of their leader could display it . The leaders ...
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... thing that Henry , or any of his successors , ever did , even for the BIBLE , was to cease to hinder -to let it ... things civil and things sacred , whose effects remain to the present day . It was now ordained that no man should preach ...
... thing that Henry , or any of his successors , ever did , even for the BIBLE , was to cease to hinder -to let it ... things civil and things sacred , whose effects remain to the present day . It was now ordained that no man should preach ...
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... thing is invite another person in your place . Let the silently dropped . answer also be distinct no uncertainty is allow- able : and if the invitation be accepted , let it be kept . 66 " I now come to the fulfilment of the engage- ment ...
... thing is invite another person in your place . Let the silently dropped . answer also be distinct no uncertainty is allow- able : and if the invitation be accepted , let it be kept . 66 " I now come to the fulfilment of the engage- ment ...
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... thing not likely to be agreeable to their feelings . the French ought surely to reciprocate the civility , As under - dressing may be considered disrespectful particularly since we go out of our way in defer- to guests , it is equally ...
... thing not likely to be agreeable to their feelings . the French ought surely to reciprocate the civility , As under - dressing may be considered disrespectful particularly since we go out of our way in defer- to guests , it is equally ...
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Page 17 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 17 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 254 - ... that by labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 199 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do -unto those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word : and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Page 66 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 268 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Page 181 - OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now...
Page 257 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Page 177 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 196 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.