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The middle station of nature between these two.opposite extremes was the earth
which was inhabited by creatures of a middle kind , neither fo virtuous as the one
, nor fo vicious as the other , but partaking of the good and bad qualites of these ...
The middle station of nature between these two.opposite extremes was the earth
which was inhabited by creatures of a middle kind , neither fo virtuous as the one
, nor fo vicious as the other , but partaking of the good and bad qualites of these ...
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In short , if you would be eminent in war or peace , you must become mafter of all
the qualifications that can make you so . These are the only terms and conditions
upon which I can propose happiness . The Goddess of Pleasure here broke in ...
In short , if you would be eminent in war or peace , you must become mafter of all
the qualifications that can make you so . These are the only terms and conditions
upon which I can propose happiness . The Goddess of Pleasure here broke in ...
Page 166
The arrogance of these invaders it will be in vain to encounter by
obsequiousness and submission . These plunderers of the world , after
exhausting the land by their devastations , are rifling the ocean : stimulated by
avarice , if their enemy be ...
The arrogance of these invaders it will be in vain to encounter by
obsequiousness and submission . These plunderers of the world , after
exhausting the land by their devastations , are rifling the ocean : stimulated by
avarice , if their enemy be ...
Page 204
THERE may be other characteristics , said he , but these I think sufficient . See
then its idea ; behold it , as collected from the original , natural and universal pre -
conceptions of all mankind . The Sovereign Good , they have taught us , ought to
...
THERE may be other characteristics , said he , but these I think sufficient . See
then its idea ; behold it , as collected from the original , natural and universal pre -
conceptions of all mankind . The Sovereign Good , they have taught us , ought to
...
Page 355
Unspeakable ! who fitteft above these heav'ns , To us invisible , or dimly seen In
these thy lowliest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought , and
pow'r divine . Speak ye who best can tell , ye fons of light , Angels ; for ye behold
...
Unspeakable ! who fitteft above these heav'ns , To us invisible , or dimly seen In
these thy lowliest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought , and
pow'r divine . Speak ye who best can tell , ye fons of light , Angels ; for ye behold
...
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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