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... British public a translation of the whole , but we ought to give Mr. Schoberl praise for what he has atchieved . He divides this translation into thirteen chapters : 1. General Survey of the Universe . 2. Organization of ani- mals and ...
... British public a translation of the whole , but we ought to give Mr. Schoberl praise for what he has atchieved . He divides this translation into thirteen chapters : 1. General Survey of the Universe . 2. Organization of ani- mals and ...
38. oldal
... British navy , that the place of midshipman was obtained for him . The inter- ference of a timid and affectionate mother suspended for a time the commencement of his military course . " He lost his father at the age of ten years , and ...
... British navy , that the place of midshipman was obtained for him . The inter- ference of a timid and affectionate mother suspended for a time the commencement of his military course . " He lost his father at the age of ten years , and ...
40. oldal
... British crown : and the assembly of Virginia determined to authorize the governor , with the advice of council , to raise a regiment for that purpose , to consist of three hundred men . The command of this regiment was given to a Mr ...
... British crown : and the assembly of Virginia determined to authorize the governor , with the advice of council , to raise a regiment for that purpose , to consist of three hundred men . The command of this regiment was given to a Mr ...
41. oldal
... British army at Willis's Creek , he immediately suggested the propriety of using pack horses instead of waggons , for conveying the baggage . Although seized with a fever , that disabled him from riding on horseback , yet while confined ...
... British army at Willis's Creek , he immediately suggested the propriety of using pack horses instead of waggons , for conveying the baggage . Although seized with a fever , that disabled him from riding on horseback , yet while confined ...
43. oldal
... British annals , written one hundred and fifty years ago , by a lady , of elevated birth , of a most comprehensive and highly cultivated mind , herself a witness of many of the scenes which she describes , and active in several of them ...
... British annals , written one hundred and fifty years ago , by a lady , of elevated birth , of a most comprehensive and highly cultivated mind , herself a witness of many of the scenes which she describes , and active in several of them ...
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385. oldal - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
278. oldal - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
91. oldal - The positive checks to population are extremely various, and include every cause, whether arising from vice or misery, which in any degree contributes to shorten the natural duration of human life. Under this head, therefore, may be enumerated all unwholesome occupations, severe labour and exposure to the seasons, extreme poverty, bad nursing of children, great towns, excesses of all kinds, the whole train of common diseases and epidemics, wars, plague, and famine.
385. oldal - I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
279. oldal - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
465. oldal - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
98. oldal - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man...
308. oldal - O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings...
280. oldal - His funds were not prodigally wasted on capricious and ill-examined schemes, nor refused to beneficial though costly improvements. They remained therefore competent to that expensive establishment which his reputation, added to a hospitable temper, had in some measure imposed upon him ; and to those donations which real distress has a right to claim from opulence. He made no pretensions to that vivacity which fascinates, or to that wit which dazzles, and frequently imposes on the understanding. More...
47. oldal - This soone past into a mutuall friendship betweene them, and though she innocently thought nothing of love, yet was she glad to have acquir'd such a friend, who had wisedome and vertue enough to be trusted with her...