 He belongs to whatever can make capture of him ; and one thing after another vindicates its right to him, by arresting him while he is trying to go on ; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river, are intercepted by every weed, and whirled...  The Twin Pupils; Or, Education at Home. A Tale - Page 449by Ann Thomson Gray - 1852Full view - About this book
 | John Foster - 1813 - 502 pages
...innumerable tilings do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along ; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river, are intercepted by «very weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself... | |
 | 1818 - 354 pages
...innumerable things do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along : as twigs and chips floating near the edge of a river,...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. His opinions and determinations always depend very much on other human beings ; and what chance for... | |
 | John Foster - 1826 - 290 pages
...and innumerable things do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river,...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it,—zythe hundred diversities of... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...and inuumerablc things do actually verily their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along, as twigs and chips floating near the edge of a river are intercepted by every weed and whirled into every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it, if the... | |
 | John Foster - 1830 - 116 pages
...innumerable things do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along ; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river,...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it, if the five hundred diversities... | |
 | John Foster - 1838 - 400 pages
...proved the independence of his understanding and his will. He belongs to whatever can make capture of him ; and one thing after another vindicates its...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it—if the hundred diversities of... | |
 | John Mather Austin - 1839 - 496 pages
...innumerable things do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along ; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river,...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may, pledge himself to accomplish it — if the hundred diversities... | |
 | George Combe - 1845 - 498 pages
...innumerable things do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along ; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river, are intercepted by every weed, and whirled in tvery little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it, — if the... | |
 | John Foster - 1846 - 370 pages
...proved the independence of his understanding and his will. He belongs to whatever can make capture of him ; and one thing after another vindicates its...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it — if the hundred diversities... | |
 | George Combe - 1850 - 452 pages
...innumerable things do actually verify their claim on him, and arrest him as he tries to go along ; as twigs and chips, floating near the edge of a river,...intercepted by every weed, and whirled in every little eddy. Having concluded on a design, he may pledge himself to accomplish it, — if the hundred diversities... | |
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