Fosteriana, Consisting of Thoughts, Reflections, and Criticisms, of John FosterBohn, 1858 - 560 страници |
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... means , a man born to the inheritance of sufficient property to be the entire master of his plan of life ; and the work professes to delineate a course of education and study for such a man , from his earliest infancy to an advanced ...
... means , a man born to the inheritance of sufficient property to be the entire master of his plan of life ; and the work professes to delineate a course of education and study for such a man , from his earliest infancy to an advanced ...
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... mean for the interests of man , if there may be the smallest chance that he may be immortal . If , on the con- trary , it ... means , has neither , on the one hand , the sobriety of views requisite for adjusting a plan of discipline for ...
... mean for the interests of man , if there may be the smallest chance that he may be immortal . If , on the con- trary , it ... means , has neither , on the one hand , the sobriety of views requisite for adjusting a plan of discipline for ...
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... means of happiness . Throughout this wide extent of speculation , the truth is to be ascertained by another mode of proof , denomi- nated moral evidence , on the ground of which , our reasonings on almost all subjects , but mathematical ...
... means of happiness . Throughout this wide extent of speculation , the truth is to be ascertained by another mode of proof , denomi- nated moral evidence , on the ground of which , our reasonings on almost all subjects , but mathematical ...
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... means and facilities for visit- ing even many remarkable scenes much nearer home than those which make the most conspicuous figure in a descrip- tion of the globe , -means which would have enabled the ordinary powers of motion to reach ...
... means and facilities for visit- ing even many remarkable scenes much nearer home than those which make the most conspicuous figure in a descrip- tion of the globe , -means which would have enabled the ordinary powers of motion to reach ...
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... means for that extension , Mr. Wrangham enters on his proper subject , by charging this country with a negligence , at least , of its duty in respect to the communication of Divine knowledge to the people of the East ; and proposes to ...
... means for that extension , Mr. Wrangham enters on his proper subject , by charging this country with a negligence , at least , of its duty in respect to the communication of Divine knowledge to the people of the East ; and proposes to ...
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Страница 341 - ... the furious animal sprang up, and ran open-mouthed upon them ; as he came near, the two hunters who had reserved their fire, gave him two wounds, one of which breaking his shoulder, retarded his motion for a moment; but before they could reload, he was so near that they were obliged to run to the river, and before they...
Страница 240 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Страница 142 - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forward.
Страница 343 - This spray is dissipated into a thousand shapes, sometimes flying up in columns of fifteen or twenty feet, which are then oppressed by larger masses of the white foam, on all which the sun impresses the brightest colors of the rainbow.
Страница 138 - In sight of Juggernaut; 12th June. " Many thousands of pilgrims have accompanied us for some days past. They cover the road before and behind as far as the eye can reach. At nine o'clock this morning, the temple of Juggernaut appeared in' view at a great distance. When the multitude first saw it, they gave a shout, and fell to the ground and worshipped. I have heard nothing to-day but shouts and acclamations by the successive bodies of pilgrims. From the place where I...
Страница 405 - I have seen them often," added he, "standing in that very attitude, and pursuing, with an intense eye, the arrow which they had just discharged from the bow.
Страница 137 - We know that we are approaching Juggernaut (and yet we are more than fifty miles from it) by the human bones which we have seen for some days strewed by the way.
Страница 145 - Close to Ishera, a beautiful villa on the river's side, about eight miles from Calcutta, once the residence of Governor Hastings, and within view of the present Governor-General's country-house, there is a temple of this idol which is often stained with. human blood.
Страница 143 - I beheld another distressing scene this morning at the Place of Skulls; a poor woman lying dead, or nearly dead, and her two children by her, looking at the dogs and vultures, which were near. The people passed by without noticing the children. I asked them where was their home. They said ' they had no home but where their mother was.
Страница 192 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.