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... side . It is obvious that a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always outrunning the speaker , must render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the ex- treme of reading too ...
... side . It is obvious that a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always outrunning the speaker , must render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the ex- treme of reading too ...
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... sides ; below , it circled round a tufted plain , and formed a little lake in front of a village , at the end of which appeared the spire of La Roche's church , rising above a clump of beeches . 5. The Philosopher enjoyed the beauty of ...
... sides ; below , it circled round a tufted plain , and formed a little lake in front of a village , at the end of which appeared the spire of La Roche's church , rising above a clump of beeches . 5. The Philosopher enjoyed the beauty of ...
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... side of the lake , and at last he saw it glimmer through the trees , and stop at some distance from the place where he then was . 7. He supposed it some piece of bridal merriment , and pushed on his horse , that he might be a spectator ...
... side of the lake , and at last he saw it glimmer through the trees , and stop at some distance from the place where he then was . 7. He supposed it some piece of bridal merriment , and pushed on his horse , that he might be a spectator ...
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... side of a brook . The neatness of its white - washed front , and jasmine - covered roof , attracted my attention . Coming near this little habitation of cleanliness , and being thirsty , I stepped towards the door , and addressing ...
... side of a brook . The neatness of its white - washed front , and jasmine - covered roof , attracted my attention . Coming near this little habitation of cleanliness , and being thirsty , I stepped towards the door , and addressing ...
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... sides . But where , thought I , is the crew ? Their struggle has long been over ; they have gone down amidst the roar of ... side of home . How often has the maiden , the wife , and the mother , poured over the daily news , to catch some ...
... sides . But where , thought I , is the crew ? Their struggle has long been over ; they have gone down amidst the roar of ... side of home . How often has the maiden , the wife , and the mother , poured over the daily news , to catch some ...
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Page 218 - ... can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Page 163 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 217 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 165 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Page 139 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 81 - And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said unto him, ' Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Page 142 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem ; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them; and I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Page 165 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Page 163 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 218 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations; but if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...