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... consequences , when he knows that there no one around or near him dare even express an opinion on his conduct : that there is , therefore , a hundred chances to one in favour of his guilt never being known beyond the country itself ...
... consequences , when he knows that there no one around or near him dare even express an opinion on his conduct : that there is , therefore , a hundred chances to one in favour of his guilt never being known beyond the country itself ...
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... consequence that ignorance , and suffering , and crime , have desolated the fairest portions of the Eastern world , and keep even the still inhabited portions in the lowest stage of civilization- things have prospered ( as they contend ) ...
... consequence that ignorance , and suffering , and crime , have desolated the fairest portions of the Eastern world , and keep even the still inhabited portions in the lowest stage of civilization- things have prospered ( as they contend ) ...
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... consequence , every pro- pensity to it from the moment they take up the pen of authorship , they pursue a kind of phantom of the Rabelais vein , until it leads them neck - deep into absurdity . The truth , that whatever be our end we ...
... consequence , every pro- pensity to it from the moment they take up the pen of authorship , they pursue a kind of phantom of the Rabelais vein , until it leads them neck - deep into absurdity . The truth , that whatever be our end we ...
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... consequence , as a treasure to be possessed and valued by the greatest princes . And it is really questionable whether the whole art of government be not reducible to a few simple maxims , to be varied and applied according to circum ...
... consequence , as a treasure to be possessed and valued by the greatest princes . And it is really questionable whether the whole art of government be not reducible to a few simple maxims , to be varied and applied according to circum ...
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... consequence of this system is , that the powerful and bold op- press the weak and the timid with impunity , well knowing that they may riot for years on the fruits of their spoil , and that they , and the victim of their injustice , may ...
... consequence of this system is , that the powerful and bold op- press the weak and the timid with impunity , well knowing that they may riot for years on the fruits of their spoil , and that they , and the victim of their injustice , may ...
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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 227 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
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 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 93 - Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Page 250 - The next work after this was the writing from his own dictation, some part, from time to time, of a tractate which he thought fit to collect from the ablest of divines who had written of that subject: Amesius, Wollebius, &c., viz- A perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter.
Page 565 - Discussions having a tendency to create alarm or suspicion among the native population, of any intended interference with their religious opinions or observances.
Page 176 - Let her continue till death forgiving all injuries, performing harsh duties, avoiding every sensual pleasure, and cheerfully practising the incomparable rules of virtue, which have been followed by such women, as were devoted to one only husband.
Page 302 - Further, it is salutary for supreme authority, even when its intentions are most pure, to look to the control of public scrutiny : while conscious of rectitude, that authority can lose nothing of its strength by its exposure to general comment ; on the contrary, it acquires an incalculable addition of force.
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...