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Page 598
... perhaps , are parents to blame , who think a science , however delightful , too dearly purchased at the expense of such a blush . The author , therefore , who would give us an Introduction to Botany , and consequently to the Linnean ...
... perhaps , are parents to blame , who think a science , however delightful , too dearly purchased at the expense of such a blush . The author , therefore , who would give us an Introduction to Botany , and consequently to the Linnean ...
Page 613
... perhaps superior . His Muse is neither so lan- guishingly soft , nor so tenderly sportive as her fore - runner , but with graver qualifications she is so richly endowed as to be well worthy of the trust she has undertaken , to be the ...
... perhaps superior . His Muse is neither so lan- guishingly soft , nor so tenderly sportive as her fore - runner , but with graver qualifications she is so richly endowed as to be well worthy of the trust she has undertaken , to be the ...
Page 620
... perhaps , because their value has been overrated by philologists and antiquaries . He who wishes , how- ever , to understand correctly the terms which he uses in daily conversation , will not rest in that slight and undefined know ...
... perhaps , because their value has been overrated by philologists and antiquaries . He who wishes , how- ever , to understand correctly the terms which he uses in daily conversation , will not rest in that slight and undefined know ...
Page 622
... perhaps pug , an old name for the Devil . Bog- gy - bo seems to signify the spirit Bo , and has been thought , with some pro- bability , to refer to a warrior of that name , the son of Odin , and of great celebrity among the ancient ...
... perhaps pug , an old name for the Devil . Bog- gy - bo seems to signify the spirit Bo , and has been thought , with some pro- bability , to refer to a warrior of that name , the son of Odin , and of great celebrity among the ancient ...
Page 624
... perhaps , in the art of advertisement and puff : and even this is doubtful , if we may judge from the account given of the posting bills used in his time by quacks and other impostors , ( p . 162. ) Mr. D. has however omitted to observe ...
... perhaps , in the art of advertisement and puff : and even this is doubtful , if we may judge from the account given of the posting bills used in his time by quacks and other impostors , ( p . 162. ) Mr. D. has however omitted to observe ...
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Page 692 - For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Page 1053 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
Page 1022 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 929 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 1005 - Cecil's despatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, " The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once...
Page 583 - It is this deception which rouses and keeps in continual motion the industry of mankind. It is this which first prompted them to cultivate the ground, to build houses, to found cities and commonwealths, and to invent and improve all the sciences and arts which ennoble and embellish human life...
Page 930 - It was but one gloomy subject from morning to night. In the daytime I was uneasy. In the night I had little rest. I sometimes never closed my eyelids for grief. It became now not so much a trial for academical reputation, as for the production of a work which might be useful to injured Africa.
Page 1080 - the King's true faithful subject and daily beadsman and pray for his Highness and all his and all the realm. I do nobody harm, I say none harm, I think none harm, but wish everybody good. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith, I long not to live.
Page 583 - And it is well that nature imposes upon us in this manner. It is this deception which rouses and keeps in continual motion the industry of mankind.
Page 1082 - Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty.