The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 pages |
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... expect to derive from the strength of their stomachs or the capacity of their paunches ? Why , they hope to have it said in some tavern or beerhouse that " John Gormand is the damnedest fellow to eat that ever lived . He demolished ...
... expect to derive from the strength of their stomachs or the capacity of their paunches ? Why , they hope to have it said in some tavern or beerhouse that " John Gormand is the damnedest fellow to eat that ever lived . He demolished ...
Page 64
... expect to have it regulated by the hand of daring and unprincipled ignorance ? A multitude of laws is one of the distinguishing cha- racteristics of civilization : why then are there no laws against quackery ? Shall property be ...
... expect to have it regulated by the hand of daring and unprincipled ignorance ? A multitude of laws is one of the distinguishing cha- racteristics of civilization : why then are there no laws against quackery ? Shall property be ...
Page 66
... expect to find them virtuous ? We will under- take to say , that you are very unreasonable in your ex- pectations ; and that you will most assuredly be disap- pointed . We assert with confidence that the great body of the poor , in ...
... expect to find them virtuous ? We will under- take to say , that you are very unreasonable in your ex- pectations ; and that you will most assuredly be disap- pointed . We assert with confidence that the great body of the poor , in ...
Page 71
... expect him to speak the truth ; but we have read of " an evil * spirit from the Lord , " and of " a lying spirit in the mouth of all the prophets , " and we conclude that Pope must - have been troubled by one or both of these . We agree ...
... expect him to speak the truth ; but we have read of " an evil * spirit from the Lord , " and of " a lying spirit in the mouth of all the prophets , " and we conclude that Pope must - have been troubled by one or both of these . We agree ...
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... expect to derive the most profit . " We told him that he was again mis- taken ; that we were not so totally destitute of observa- tion , as not to form an opinion on passing occurrences ; but that the intrigue , turpitude , and ...
... expect to derive the most profit . " We told him that he was again mis- taken ; that we were not so totally destitute of observa- tion , as not to form an opinion on passing occurrences ; but that the intrigue , turpitude , and ...
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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.