Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 2James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1824 - Great Britain |
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... called , are themselves as ignorant as the " uneducated " on this import- ant subject ; and while a hundred institutions are scattered through the kingdom , for teaching every other thing desirable to be known , the all - important ...
... called , are themselves as ignorant as the " uneducated " on this import- ant subject ; and while a hundred institutions are scattered through the kingdom , for teaching every other thing desirable to be known , the all - important ...
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... called " mere theory , " that the good of that many is the only legitimate end of all governments , and that none should thenceforth be tolerated upon the earth , which does not make the " greatest happiness of the greatest number " its ...
... called " mere theory , " that the good of that many is the only legitimate end of all governments , and that none should thenceforth be tolerated upon the earth , which does not make the " greatest happiness of the greatest number " its ...
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... called to look aside upon the tricks of an intellectual mounte- bank . It is as difficult , however , to be an ascetic in the use of wit , when one possesses the power , as in that of figures and elaborated fancies . Men commonly go ...
... called to look aside upon the tricks of an intellectual mounte- bank . It is as difficult , however , to be an ascetic in the use of wit , when one possesses the power , as in that of figures and elaborated fancies . Men commonly go ...
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James Silk Buckingham. translated the book called Kalilagh and Damnagh into the Syriac tongue . " This Boud , he likewise informs us , lived in the times of the patriarch Ezechiel , about the year 510 ; that is , in the reign of ...
James Silk Buckingham. translated the book called Kalilagh and Damnagh into the Syriac tongue . " This Boud , he likewise informs us , lived in the times of the patriarch Ezechiel , about the year 510 ; that is , in the reign of ...
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... called Pilpay . " The king has " something of a prophetic apprehension " that in this old man he shall discover what he is in search of , and re- counts to him " the whole story of his travels , his dream , the dis- covery of the ...
... called Pilpay . " The king has " something of a prophetic apprehension " that in this old man he shall discover what he is in search of , and re- counts to him " the whole story of his travels , his dream , the dis- covery of the ...
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Page 223 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 404 - Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me: with joy I see The different doom our fates assign: Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 43 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Page 108 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 620 - They gave us a bucket of water, and we took the captain on board as a pilot. The wind, however, was adverse, and we could not reach the shore, and took to the ship, where we got some refreshment, and shelter from the sun. By this time Sophia was quite exhausted, fainting continually. About two o'clock we landed safe and sound ; and no words of mine can do justice to the expression of feeling, sympathy, and kindness with which we were hailed by every one.
Page 619 - I had thrown off half my clothes, when a cry of fire, fire! roused us from our calm content, and in five minutes the whole ship was in flames! I ran to examine whence the flames principally issued, and found that the fire had its origin immediately under our cabin. Down with the boats.
Page 432 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges...
Page 249 - It was now that he began that laborious work of amassing out of all the Classic Authors, both in Prose and Verse, a...
Page 405 - Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoy'd In vision beatific ; by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre ; and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures, better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold.
Page 553 - ... dead person, to be employed or used in any manner of witchcraft, sorcery, charm, or enchantment; 4.