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... spirit of the age in which he lives . He knows that every people , who live under free institutions , will progress onwards to some point at which the preceding generation had not arrived ; and it is his business to anticipate the date ...
... spirit of the age in which he lives . He knows that every people , who live under free institutions , will progress onwards to some point at which the preceding generation had not arrived ; and it is his business to anticipate the date ...
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... spirit had lately established itself in the forest of St. Germain , and that a grand deputation from the Academy of Sciences were to pass the day there to inquire into the reality of the fact . M. St. Gille , it is not to be doubted ...
... spirit had lately established itself in the forest of St. Germain , and that a grand deputation from the Academy of Sciences were to pass the day there to inquire into the reality of the fact . M. St. Gille , it is not to be doubted ...
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... spirit , who had been previously furnished with proper anecdotes respecting the company , soon began to address the Countess of B- , parti- cularly , in a voice that seemed to be in the air over their heads . Some- times he spoke to her ...
... spirit , who had been previously furnished with proper anecdotes respecting the company , soon began to address the Countess of B- , parti- cularly , in a voice that seemed to be in the air over their heads . Some- times he spoke to her ...
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... spirit , and curbed his love of adventure . He , accordingly , returned to Jersey , and was soon appointed to the Herald , a letter of marque , brig , trading from that island to Labrador and the Mediterranean . On the 25th of February ...
... spirit , and curbed his love of adventure . He , accordingly , returned to Jersey , and was soon appointed to the Herald , a letter of marque , brig , trading from that island to Labrador and the Mediterranean . On the 25th of February ...
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... spirit of commerce and freedom has grown up slowly and in the midst of opposition ; and it has arisen , in the first instance , since the fall of the Roman empire , more , perhaps , from the wants and difficulties of the sovereigns and ...
... spirit of commerce and freedom has grown up slowly and in the midst of opposition ; and it has arisen , in the first instance , since the fall of the Roman empire , more , perhaps , from the wants and difficulties of the sovereigns and ...
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Page 359 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 326 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 326 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 170 - His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, that the said...
Page 245 - One of the surest signs of the regeneration of society will be, the elevation of the art of teaching to the highest rank in the community.
Page 269 - Hopkins to set forth, in Warlike Manner, the said . . . Brigantine, Called the Providence, under his own Command, and therewith by Force of Arms to apprehend, Seize, and take the Ships, Vessels, and Goods belonging to...
Page 110 - ... his bounties to his relations, his mistresses, and his favourites, yet frequently paying neither his household nor his creditors. His consequence always depended on a woman ; and he was always unfaithful to her. Nothing could equal the activity of his mind, nor the indolence of his body. No dangers could appal his courage ; no difficulties force him to abandon his projects. But the success of an enterprise always brought on disgust.
Page 278 - Proofs and Illustrations of the Attributes of GOD, from the Facts and Laws of the Physical Universe : being the Foundation of Natural and Revealed Religion.
Page 69 - It deserves to be remarked too, that, if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. The inhabitants of the wine countries are in general the soberest people in Europe ; witness the Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the sou them provinces of France.
Page 326 - Dark-heaving ; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth...