Essays and SelectionsPickering, 1837 - 356 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... CHARACTER OF DAVID , 173 THE PATRIOT AND DEMAGOGUE , 183 The foundation of patriotism is virtue in private life , 183 The patriot prefers the public good , 183 He is seldom a member of any party , 185 He does not deny his governors ...
... CHARACTER OF DAVID , 173 THE PATRIOT AND DEMAGOGUE , 183 The foundation of patriotism is virtue in private life , 183 The patriot prefers the public good , 183 He is seldom a member of any party , 185 He does not deny his governors ...
Σελίδα xi
... private life , 289 HAPPINESS , 289 PREVENTION OF CRIME , 295 THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH , 301 , CHARACTER AND DEATH OF LORD BACON , 309 PLEASURE OF THE FINE ARTS , 333 KNOWLEDGE . B KNOWLEDGE . § 1 . NATURE OF CONTENTS . XI.
... private life , 289 HAPPINESS , 289 PREVENTION OF CRIME , 295 THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH , 301 , CHARACTER AND DEATH OF LORD BACON , 309 PLEASURE OF THE FINE ARTS , 333 KNOWLEDGE . B KNOWLEDGE . § 1 . NATURE OF CONTENTS . XI.
Σελίδα 30
... character in fo- reign countries for her riches , her courage , her love of liberty , but above all , for her benevo- lence and hospitality to strangers . This charac- ter , so justly earned and so nobly maintained , is known in every ...
... character in fo- reign countries for her riches , her courage , her love of liberty , but above all , for her benevo- lence and hospitality to strangers . This charac- ter , so justly earned and so nobly maintained , is known in every ...
Σελίδα 65
... character of divine presence coming " in aura leni , " without noise or agitation . " With respect to medical prejudice , Dr. Hunter , after having referred to the improvements on the continent in anatomy , says , the senior professors ...
... character of divine presence coming " in aura leni , " without noise or agitation . " With respect to medical prejudice , Dr. Hunter , after having referred to the improvements on the continent in anatomy , says , the senior professors ...
Σελίδα 66
... character he bore ; he was of a middle stature , not broken with age ; his looks begot reverence rather than fear ; his con- versation was easy , but serious and grave . One day , when I was dining with him , there happened to be at ...
... character he bore ; he was of a middle stature , not broken with age ; his looks begot reverence rather than fear ; his con- versation was easy , but serious and grave . One day , when I was dining with him , there happened to be at ...
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Σελίδα 8 - Of law, there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care ; and the greatest, as not exempted from her power.
Σελίδα 78 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Σελίδα 108 - ... from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Σελίδα 191 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Σελίδα 255 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Σελίδα 217 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Σελίδα 19 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Σελίδα 264 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Σελίδα 48 - Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people...
Σελίδα 246 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.