A Treatise on Theism, and on the Modern Skeptical TheoriesLippincott, 1859 - 395 страници |
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... speak for the present as well as for the future . A very remarkable homicide trial , in one of our Southwestern States , may illustrate my meaning in this respect . A young man was riding a blooded mare , on his way to a distant county ...
... speak for the present as well as for the future . A very remarkable homicide trial , in one of our Southwestern States , may illustrate my meaning in this respect . A young man was riding a blooded mare , on his way to a distant county ...
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... Speak , Beaufort , to thy sovereign . Car . If thou be'st death , I'll give thee England's treasure , Enough to purchase such another island , So thou wilt let me live , and feel no pain . K. Hen . Ah , what a sign it is of evil life ...
... Speak , Beaufort , to thy sovereign . Car . If thou be'st death , I'll give thee England's treasure , Enough to purchase such another island , So thou wilt let me live , and feel no pain . K. Hen . Ah , what a sign it is of evil life ...
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... speak of their retrospects , if they should out- live the object of their tyranny . " It is here , as recent developments have enabled us to de- termine , is to be found the secret of that phrensied remorse which marked the last days of ...
... speak of their retrospects , if they should out- live the object of their tyranny . " It is here , as recent developments have enabled us to de- termine , is to be found the secret of that phrensied remorse which marked the last days of ...
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... speaking of the tropics , " about the hour of ten in the forenoon , when the heat of the sun begins to be oppressive , a breeze from the sea springs up , invigorating and refreshing the body by its delightful coolness , and con- tinues ...
... speaking of the tropics , " about the hour of ten in the forenoon , when the heat of the sun begins to be oppressive , a breeze from the sea springs up , invigorating and refreshing the body by its delightful coolness , and con- tinues ...
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... speak . It is sufficient to say , that nations , exceeding in population all Europe and Asia , will find food in the great valley which Divine wisdom and beneficence has thus pre- pared . e . FUEL . ( ( § 70. The traveler who passes up ...
... speak . It is sufficient to say , that nations , exceeding in population all Europe and Asia , will find food in the great valley which Divine wisdom and beneficence has thus pre- pared . e . FUEL . ( ( § 70. The traveler who passes up ...
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Страница 338 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: That God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.
Страница 198 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.
Страница 209 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Страница 135 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Страница 75 - There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas.. It is the Gulf Stream.
Страница 206 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, " Both God exact day-labour, light denied ?
Страница 83 - I wish the good old times would come again," she said, "when we were not quite so rich. I do not mean that I want to be poor ; but there was a middle state" — so she was pleased to ramble on, — "in which I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase, now that you have money enough and to spare. Formerly it used to be a triumph. When we coveted a cheap luxury (and...
Страница 86 - ... was impossible we should spend so much next year; and still we found our slender capital decreasing. But then, betwixt ways, and projects, and compromises of one sort or another, and talk of curtailing this charge, and doing without that for the future, and the hope that youth brings, and laughing spirits (in which you were never poor till now), we pocketed up our loss, and in conclusion, with ' lusty brimmers ' (as you used to quote it out of hearty cheerful Mr. Cotton, as you called him), we...
Страница 338 - Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard ;-and they were graciously answered.
Страница 112 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part oi his earth ; and my delights were with the sons of men.