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... a century after his death , surely it might be asked of him to call in the help of that easier foreknowledge which reaches from one day to the next , a power of prophecy whereof we have no example . I do not object to a TWO CENTURIES AGO ...
... a century after his death , surely it might be asked of him to call in the help of that easier foreknowledge which reaches from one day to the next , a power of prophecy whereof we have no example . I do not object to a TWO CENTURIES AGO ...
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... example of Teague and Taffy . At least , I think it would be wise in our orators not to put forward so prominently the claim of the Yankee to uni- versal dominion , and his intention to enter upon it forthwith . If we do our duties as ...
... example of Teague and Taffy . At least , I think it would be wise in our orators not to put forward so prominently the claim of the Yankee to uni- versal dominion , and his intention to enter upon it forthwith . If we do our duties as ...
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... example which might be followed still to advan- tage . John Tinker , himself the " servant " or steward of the second Winthrop , makes use of help in both the senses we have mentioned , and shows the transition of the word from its re ...
... example which might be followed still to advan- tage . John Tinker , himself the " servant " or steward of the second Winthrop , makes use of help in both the senses we have mentioned , and shows the transition of the word from its re ...
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... example : " But to our sympathetical business whereby we may com- municate our minds one to another though the diameter of the earth interpose . Diana non est centrum omnium . I would have you so good a geometrician as to know your own ...
... example : " But to our sympathetical business whereby we may com- municate our minds one to another though the diameter of the earth interpose . Diana non est centrum omnium . I would have you so good a geometrician as to know your own ...
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... examples of Captain Underhill's adroitness in phonetic spelling , I offer fafarabel and poseschonse , and reluctantly leave him . Another very entertaining fellow for those who are willing to work through a pretty thick husk of ...
... examples of Captain Underhill's adroitness in phonetic spelling , I offer fafarabel and poseschonse , and reluctantly leave him . Another very entertaining fellow for those who are willing to work through a pretty thick husk of ...
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Страница 161 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Страница 255 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro. Tis new to thee.
Страница 143 - The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. 'Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Страница 19 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Страница 19 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Страница 279 - Lifting himself out of the lowly dust On golden plumes up to the purest skie...
Страница 299 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Страница 308 - Another Damzell, as a precious gemme Amidst a ring most richly well enchaced, That with her goodly presence all the rest much graced.
Страница 263 - That same framing of his style to an old rustic language I dare not allow, since neither Theocritus in Greek, Virgil in Latin, nor Sannazzaro in Italian did affect it.
Страница 320 - There is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in old age as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago."— Spence's Anecdotes.