Essays and SelectionsPickering, 1837 - 356 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 39
... live long in London with- out discovering his error . respect to natural truth . Such are facts with It is the same with moral truths . When we look back upon past ages , we see the destruction of error . - Astrology , witchcraft ...
... live long in London with- out discovering his error . respect to natural truth . Such are facts with It is the same with moral truths . When we look back upon past ages , we see the destruction of error . - Astrology , witchcraft ...
Σελίδα 59
... live in a wretched country like this , or he never would have prohibited the use of grog , which was actu- ally a necessary of life in England . Another of the crew declared that he would drink grog wher- ever he should meet with it ...
... live in a wretched country like this , or he never would have prohibited the use of grog , which was actu- ally a necessary of life in England . Another of the crew declared that he would drink grog wher- ever he should meet with it ...
Σελίδα 60
... live like the spider , where there seems nothing to live on . If the one prepares her foot by poisoning it to her palate and her use , the other does the same ; and as several of our passions are strongly characterised by the auimal ...
... live like the spider , where there seems nothing to live on . If the one prepares her foot by poisoning it to her palate and her use , the other does the same ; and as several of our passions are strongly characterised by the auimal ...
Σελίδα 67
... live , what is received law , and not what ought to be law ; for the wisdom of a law - maker is one , and of a lawyer another . " In the presentation copy by Bacon , to Sir Ed- ward Coke , of the " Novum Organum , " there is written by ...
... live , what is received law , and not what ought to be law ; for the wisdom of a law - maker is one , and of a lawyer another . " In the presentation copy by Bacon , to Sir Ed- ward Coke , of the " Novum Organum , " there is written by ...
Σελίδα 85
... lives and fortunes of a multitude , or consider it a proof of valour to stake the safety of other men upon the success of a perilous or desperate enterprize . When Chares displayed to the Athenians the wounds he had received , Ti ...
... lives and fortunes of a multitude , or consider it a proof of valour to stake the safety of other men upon the success of a perilous or desperate enterprize . When Chares displayed to the Athenians the wounds he had received , Ti ...
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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.