The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1Charles Knight 1820 |
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... happiness , than any other system of human policy . He is attached to that Government , not only by its positive advantages , and by a comparison of the state of himself and his countrymen with those of other nations , but by a thousand ...
... happiness , than any other system of human policy . He is attached to that Government , not only by its positive advantages , and by a comparison of the state of himself and his countrymen with those of other nations , but by a thousand ...
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... happiness peculiar to his course of peaceful labour . The security which rendered him master of his own possessions , how- ever small , told him the value of the Government under which he lived . A kind look , or a benevolent visit from ...
... happiness peculiar to his course of peaceful labour . The security which rendered him master of his own possessions , how- ever small , told him the value of the Government under which he lived . A kind look , or a benevolent visit from ...
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... happiness for ever . If this be a true picture of human life , and the experience of our readers will justify the representation , surely it is of immense impor- tance to stop for a moment in the midst of our worldly pursuits , and ...
... happiness for ever . If this be a true picture of human life , and the experience of our readers will justify the representation , surely it is of immense impor- tance to stop for a moment in the midst of our worldly pursuits , and ...
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... happiness of society , were so imperfectly understood , that it required the utmost virtue , genius , and perseverance , to compel the people , whether freemen or slaves , ( for in those days two thirds of the nation were born vassals ) ...
... happiness of society , were so imperfectly understood , that it required the utmost virtue , genius , and perseverance , to compel the people , whether freemen or slaves , ( for in those days two thirds of the nation were born vassals ) ...
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... happiness of a state is best preserved by diffusing Christian Knowledge amongst the people . He therefore re - built or restored all the religious edifices that had been destroyed or injured by the invaders ; and encouraged wise and ...
... happiness of a state is best preserved by diffusing Christian Knowledge amongst the people . He therefore re - built or restored all the religious edifices that had been destroyed or injured by the invaders ; and encouraged wise and ...
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Page 430 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 311 - Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Page 148 - Then kneeling down to heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope " springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days : There, ever bask in uncreated rays ; No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 262 - And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul : so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Page 145 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Page 262 - Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the ROMANS.
Page 578 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 199 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 48 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 146 - An' each for other's weelfare kindly spiers: The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnoticed fleet; Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears. The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years; Anticipation forward points the view; The mother, wi' her needle an' her sheers, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; The father mixes a' wi