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... appears to me , is only to be apprehend- ed from a want of union and firmness in Government - from a ministry who would be weak enough to concede too much to that restless spirit of change , with which so many , under the pre- tence of ...
... appears to me , is only to be apprehend- ed from a want of union and firmness in Government - from a ministry who would be weak enough to concede too much to that restless spirit of change , with which so many , under the pre- tence of ...
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... appears tantamount to saying , “ here we are , a group of senators , sent to the Imperial Parliament by the unin- fluenced voices of free and independ- ent Irish electors , for our superior vir- tue and intelligence - for their sake we ...
... appears tantamount to saying , “ here we are , a group of senators , sent to the Imperial Parliament by the unin- fluenced voices of free and independ- ent Irish electors , for our superior vir- tue and intelligence - for their sake we ...
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... appear in all their finery ; those who come from a distance frequently adopting the Caledonian method of keeping ... appearing - a well- dressed man ! I must , however , ex- cept some of the younger men , who , designing to take a share ...
... appear in all their finery ; those who come from a distance frequently adopting the Caledonian method of keeping ... appearing - a well- dressed man ! I must , however , ex- cept some of the younger men , who , designing to take a share ...
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... appear to be , there are never- theless many unequivocal symptoms of general amelioration , well found- ed cause to ... appears to have been the first who called the public attention to a doctrine so obvious , when once pointed out ...
... appear to be , there are never- theless many unequivocal symptoms of general amelioration , well found- ed cause to ... appears to have been the first who called the public attention to a doctrine so obvious , when once pointed out ...
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... appear on the surface of the water , as well as really be upon it , for so I was gravely assured that very ship actually was , in spite of all that per- suaded me to the contrary . But we will let our new discovered one arrive at ...
... appear on the surface of the water , as well as really be upon it , for so I was gravely assured that very ship actually was , in spite of all that per- suaded me to the contrary . But we will let our new discovered one arrive at ...
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Page 64 - Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may be united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks, among them, like something that is more noble and liberal.
Page 227 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century.
Page 56 - That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned.
Page 85 - Rise up ! rise up, Xarifa ! lay the golden cushion down ! Rise up ! come to the window, and gaze with all the town ! " Arise ! arise, Xarifa ! I see Andalla's face ; He bends him to the people with a calm and princely grace. Through all the land of Xeres and banks of Guadalquiver Rode forth bridegroom so brave as he, so brave and lovely, never.
Page 200 - I tell you, Sir, every Sunday that I go to my parish church, I can build a ship from stem to stern under the sermon ; but, were it to save my soul, under Mr. Whitefield, I could not lay a single plank." Hume * pronounced him the most ingenious preacher he had ever heard ; and said, it was worth while to go twenty miles to hear him. But, perhaps, the greatest proof of his persuasive powers was, when he drew from Franklin's pocket the money which that clear cool reasoner had determined not to give...
Page 134 - If these be your real sentiments, why did you always shrink from the rope, when we called for a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together?
Page 449 - Books that can be held in the hand, and carried to the fireside, are the best after all."— Samuel Johnson. " The writings of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Page 569 - That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures.
Page 340 - Spain the same opinions were repeated with this specific addition, that in either of two cases (now happily not likely to occur), in that of any attempt on the part of Spain to revive the obsolete interdiction of intercourse with countries over which she has no longer any actual dominion, or in that of the employment of foreign assistance to...
Page 199 - ... in the course of his studies, or fresh from the feeling of the moment. They who lived with him, could trace him in his sermons to the book which he had last been reading, or the subject which had recently taken his attention. But the salient points of his oratory were not prepared passages. — they were bursts of passion, like jets from a Geyser, when the spring is in full play.