Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 2James Silk Buckingham J. M. Richardson, 1824 - Great Britain |
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... duty , as men , to assist in making others as wise and as happy as ourselves , fulfilling , in short , the first maxim of our religion , by doing to others as we would they should do unto us , we ought to enlighten the ignorant ; the ...
... duty , as men , to assist in making others as wise and as happy as ourselves , fulfilling , in short , the first maxim of our religion , by doing to others as we would they should do unto us , we ought to enlighten the ignorant ; the ...
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... duty to which he had himself invited them - that of exercising public scrutiny on the conduct of public men . 2d . He did not establish the Freedom of the Press , notwith- standing that he suffered all Europe to ring with his praises ...
... duty to which he had himself invited them - that of exercising public scrutiny on the conduct of public men . 2d . He did not establish the Freedom of the Press , notwith- standing that he suffered all Europe to ring with his praises ...
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... duty . Pa- rents and Governors are often justified in refusing what is asked ; because children and subjects may ask that to which they have no right either by law or reason . On the other hand , they are equally bound to give them some ...
... duty . Pa- rents and Governors are often justified in refusing what is asked ; because children and subjects may ask that to which they have no right either by law or reason . On the other hand , they are equally bound to give them some ...
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... duty to his country and to mankind , and it deserves mention in an estimate of what he has performed , and what he has omitted , in the execution of his trust . 5th . Lastly , Lord Hastings did nothing towards the abolition . of that ...
... duty to his country and to mankind , and it deserves mention in an estimate of what he has performed , and what he has omitted , in the execution of his trust . 5th . Lastly , Lord Hastings did nothing towards the abolition . of that ...
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... duty of the existing Government to put down this odious practice , which entailed disgrace on all who permitted or participated in its bloody rites , but that it might be most effectually done , without the slightest danger , by simply ...
... duty of the existing Government to put down this odious practice , which entailed disgrace on all who permitted or participated in its bloody rites , but that it might be most effectually done , without the slightest danger , by simply ...
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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.