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Vicesimus Knox. conduct , to enforce the precepts of the following Letters to a young Nobleman , I could find none more brilliant than your own , especially since , forsaken by some of your auxiliaries , you have stood the more ...
Vicesimus Knox. conduct , to enforce the precepts of the following Letters to a young Nobleman , I could find none more brilliant than your own , especially since , forsaken by some of your auxiliaries , you have stood the more ...
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... letters , will probably be attached , with peculiar affection , to liberty ; for liberty is the friend of literature , as well as of every thing beautiful and honourable . Tyranny hates it . Tyranny has commonly been ignorant . Tyrants ...
... letters , will probably be attached , with peculiar affection , to liberty ; for liberty is the friend of literature , as well as of every thing beautiful and honourable . Tyranny hates it . Tyranny has commonly been ignorant . Tyrants ...
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Vicesimus Knox. PERSONAL NOBILITY : OR , LETTERS TO A YOUNG NOBLEMAN . LETTER I. I MY LORD , CONGRATULATE you on your determination to adorn the lustre of your birth by the accomplishments of elegant literature . The eagerness with which ...
Vicesimus Knox. PERSONAL NOBILITY : OR , LETTERS TO A YOUNG NOBLEMAN . LETTER I. I MY LORD , CONGRATULATE you on your determination to adorn the lustre of your birth by the accomplishments of elegant literature . The eagerness with which ...
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... nobility alone for per- sonal distinction . May the ardour of virtue which irradiates the morning of your life , glow intensely at its noon , and add warmth and lustre to its even . ing ! Thus while you live , you will be 2 LETTERS TO A.
... nobility alone for per- sonal distinction . May the ardour of virtue which irradiates the morning of your life , glow intensely at its noon , and add warmth and lustre to its even . ing ! Thus while you live , you will be 2 LETTERS TO A.
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... letters shall be principally on subjects of polite literature , useful science , or the means of supporting the true dignity ... LETTER II . MY LORD , You desire me to give you an account , both critical and biographical , of the ancient ...
... letters shall be principally on subjects of polite literature , useful science , or the means of supporting the true dignity ... LETTER II . MY LORD , You desire me to give you an account , both critical and biographical , of the ancient ...
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Page 151 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 381 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 381 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor ; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised...
Page 384 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Page 381 - The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To preach deliverance to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed, To preach the acceptable year of the LORD.
Page 381 - And he began to say unto them ; This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth...
Page 381 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 459 - Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Page 384 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 310 - ... when you separate the common sort of men from their proper chieftains so as to form them into an adverse army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds.