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... ideas of comfort have created , as well as those generated by luxury . It is from the connexion which exists between this useful art , and many of the highest branches of mechanical science , by which its various operations are assisted ...
... ideas of comfort have created , as well as those generated by luxury . It is from the connexion which exists between this useful art , and many of the highest branches of mechanical science , by which its various operations are assisted ...
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... ideas of the " rights of property . " For the earth , and all things therein , were , in the first instance , declared to be the general property of all mankind , exclusive of all other beings ; and , while the human family was confined ...
... ideas of the " rights of property . " For the earth , and all things therein , were , in the first instance , declared to be the general property of all mankind , exclusive of all other beings ; and , while the human family was confined ...
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... ideas of permanent property in the substantial soil itself , strengthened by an uninterrupted oc- cupancy for a ... idea of a more permanent property in the soil than had hither- to been received and adopted . It was clear that the earth ...
... ideas of permanent property in the substantial soil itself , strengthened by an uninterrupted oc- cupancy for a ... idea of a more permanent property in the soil than had hither- to been received and adopted . It was clear that the earth ...
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... ideas of wealth were deduced from the abundance of pastoral and agricultural possessions . Thus " locuples " rich , comes from " loci " vel . " agri plenus " " pecuniosus " from " peco- rum copia , " " pecunia " from " pecus , " the ...
... ideas of wealth were deduced from the abundance of pastoral and agricultural possessions . Thus " locuples " rich , comes from " loci " vel . " agri plenus " " pecuniosus " from " peco- rum copia , " " pecunia " from " pecus , " the ...
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... idea of the importance attached to the subject . * " The King , our Soverign Lord , considereth how daily within this Realm his coin is traitorously counterfeited , murders , rob- beries , felonies , been grieviously committed and done ...
... idea of the importance attached to the subject . * " The King , our Soverign Lord , considereth how daily within this Realm his coin is traitorously counterfeited , murders , rob- beries , felonies , been grieviously committed and done ...
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Page 24 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 27 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 41 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 9 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 42 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Page 43 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as...
Page 14 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Page 14 - Hell heard the unsufferable noise ; hell saw Heaven ruining from heaven, and would have fled Affrighted : but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.
Page 41 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd.