The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson Munroe and Francis, 1804 Vols. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... pursuits in the United States . As he acquires age and importance there fore , and as long as we retain our parental influence , we ven- ture to promise , that he shall often reveal his knowledge of nat ural history and philosophy , of ...
... pursuits in the United States . As he acquires age and importance there fore , and as long as we retain our parental influence , we ven- ture to promise , that he shall often reveal his knowledge of nat ural history and philosophy , of ...
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... pursuits of the ambitious centre . tor . It must easily be seen that this devotion to our own glory is directly the reverse of the great law of benevolence . God is love , and in this character alone we reflect the glory of our Crea ...
... pursuits of the ambitious centre . tor . It must easily be seen that this devotion to our own glory is directly the reverse of the great law of benevolence . God is love , and in this character alone we reflect the glory of our Crea ...
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... pursuit of human applause , from the very nature of man , has a tendency to increafe mifery and delufion . Men are de- praved in their moral fentiments . They are more impressed with vaft power and favage energy , than with the mildness ...
... pursuit of human applause , from the very nature of man , has a tendency to increafe mifery and delufion . Men are de- praved in their moral fentiments . They are more impressed with vaft power and favage energy , than with the mildness ...
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... pursuits , and that strong propensity , I suppose , is what we mean by genius . The rest they gave themselves . " Macte efto , " therefore , have no fears for the iffue ! " * To the fame in another letter , he fays ; " Johnfon's plan of ...
... pursuits , and that strong propensity , I suppose , is what we mean by genius . The rest they gave themselves . " Macte efto , " therefore , have no fears for the iffue ! " * To the fame in another letter , he fays ; " Johnfon's plan of ...
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... pursuits , to the great detri- ment of his bufinefs . He loved drink for the fake of fociety , and to this love he fell a martyr ; dying of a decayed and ru- ined conftitution before he was forty . The town's people thought him a fhrewd ...
... pursuits , to the great detri- ment of his bufinefs . He loved drink for the fake of fociety , and to this love he fell a martyr ; dying of a decayed and ru- ined conftitution before he was forty . The town's people thought him a fhrewd ...
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