The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 pages |
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... circumstances : at least , we are enabled to preserve a decent tranquillity of mind in the midst of the greatest possible adversity . It is known to us , that the vicissitudes of life will expose us to misfor- tunes of various kinds ...
... circumstances : at least , we are enabled to preserve a decent tranquillity of mind in the midst of the greatest possible adversity . It is known to us , that the vicissitudes of life will expose us to misfor- tunes of various kinds ...
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... circumstances , must it not become infinitely superior to that sluggish existence , whose ideas are continually occupied with the millhorse round of domestic drudgery ? Not only the memory , but every faculty we possess , is improved by ...
... circumstances , must it not become infinitely superior to that sluggish existence , whose ideas are continually occupied with the millhorse round of domestic drudgery ? Not only the memory , but every faculty we possess , is improved by ...
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... circumstances , and the laws of the country , have made Polydore rich ; but these men are poor . A small portion of the product of their labor goes to the support of themselves and their families ; but the far greater part is applied to ...
... circumstances , and the laws of the country , have made Polydore rich ; but these men are poor . A small portion of the product of their labor goes to the support of themselves and their families ; but the far greater part is applied to ...
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... circumstances ! -which enables it to support with tranquillity the greatest possible mis- fortunes ! " Care now became the constant companion of Ar- mine , though he was still accompanied by Hope . Hope had lost a great part of her ...
... circumstances ! -which enables it to support with tranquillity the greatest possible mis- fortunes ! " Care now became the constant companion of Ar- mine , though he was still accompanied by Hope . Hope had lost a great part of her ...
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... circumstance I am indebted for the honor of your present visit ? [ We had heard these expressions made use of in polished circles , and had no doubt that they would be highly gra- tifying to the devil , who must be highly civilized ...
... circumstance I am indebted for the honor of your present visit ? [ We had heard these expressions made use of in polished circles , and had no doubt that they would be highly gra- tifying to the devil , who must be highly civilized ...
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Page 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Page 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Page 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.