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Memoir of the Hon. Josiah Gardner Abbott ...: Read Before the Old Residents ... - Page 50
by Charles Cowley - 1892 - 92 pages
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A memoir of the political life of ... Edmund Burke

George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Ipse pater colendi hand facilem esse mam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 40

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 536 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better, too. Pater ipse colendi, hand facilem esse vium voluit. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill; OUT antagonist is our helper. This amicable contest with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance...
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Ten Thousand A-year, Volume 2

Samuel Warren - 1841 - 414 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better, too. Pater ipse colendi, haudfacilem esse mam voluit. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and...sharpens our skill ; our antagonist is our helper. This amicable contest with difficulty, obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and...
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The Journal of Civilization: Established for the Promotion of Civilization ...

1851 - 428 pages
...guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, and he loves us better too. He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Notes ...

Charles Bucke - 1841 - 344 pages
...mind will point with confidence to the soul's great refuge. " He that wrestles with us," says Burke, "strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist, is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our subject, and...
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Ten Thousand A-year, Volume 1

Warren - 1842 - 824 pages
...we know ourselves, as he loves us better, too. Pater ipse coiendi, hand facilem esse viani voluit. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and...sharpens our skill ; our antagonist is our helper. This amicable contest with difficulty, obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and...
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The Opinions of Sir Robert Peel: Expressed in Parliament and in Public

Robert Peel - 1843 - 504 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi, haud facilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and...
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Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, Volume 29

1872 - 882 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi hand facilem ease viom voluit. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves,...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." A. His extemporary efforts may lead a preacher to form habits of introspection ; to discipline himself...
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A new theoretical and practical French grammar

Charles Jean Delille - 1844 - 476 pages
...parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 1-2

1844 - 878 pages
...guardian and legislator, who knotvs us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Ho that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill : our antagonist i our hel|KT. This amicable contest with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our...
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