The Pamphleteer, Volume 8Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1816 - Great Britain |
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... hand , by the joyful ceremonies of thy harvests , by the occult sacred concerns of thy ciste , and by the winged car of thy attending dragons , and the furrows of the Sicilian soil , and the rapacious chariot , and the dark descending ...
... hand , by the joyful ceremonies of thy harvests , by the occult sacred concerns of thy ciste , and by the winged car of thy attending dragons , and the furrows of the Sicilian soil , and the rapacious chariot , and the dark descending ...
Page 68
... demeanour while in Java , administering assis- tance with his own hands to the maimed and wounded among the enemy ; setting , in the midst of his victories , an example of moderation , and of simplicity of manners ; never missing.
... demeanour while in Java , administering assis- tance with his own hands to the maimed and wounded among the enemy ; setting , in the midst of his victories , an example of moderation , and of simplicity of manners ; never missing.
Page 88
... hand them down in safety to their children . They consist of three compositions writ- ten on the Lontar - leaf ... hands of the child and of the mother with it , as well as the ground , pro- nounces a short benediction . When a marriage ...
... hand them down in safety to their children . They consist of three compositions writ- ten on the Lontar - leaf ... hands of the child and of the mother with it , as well as the ground , pro- nounces a short benediction . When a marriage ...
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... hand , it would be our task to direct our inquiries to the history of the various continental nations whence these foreigners may have proceeded ; and , on the other , to the nature and extent of the establishments , intercourse , and ...
... hand , it would be our task to direct our inquiries to the history of the various continental nations whence these foreigners may have proceeded ; and , on the other , to the nature and extent of the establishments , intercourse , and ...
Page 103
... hand upon his sword ! The people are said to have a strong inclination to foreign inter- course , notwithstanding ... hands of any nation of superior intelligence . They Discourse of the Hon . T. S. Raffles . 103.
... hand upon his sword ! The people are said to have a strong inclination to foreign inter- course , notwithstanding ... hands of any nation of superior intelligence . They Discourse of the Hon . T. S. Raffles . 103.
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Page 399 - Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Page 580 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Page 245 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the commonwealth ; that let no man in this world expect; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for...
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Page 336 - England, and, by those laws, we could not make a Christian a slave. I told him, my request was far different from that, for I desired him to make a slave a Christian. His answer was, that it was true, there was a great difference in that : but, being once a Christian, he could no more account...
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