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الصفحة 12
... whole world ? " " Of law , there can be no less acknowledged , than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care ; and the ...
... whole world ? " " Of law , there can be no less acknowledged , than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care ; and the ...
الصفحة 37
... whole progress of error . The child was not misled by her senses . She saw the resemblance of a swan . She erred by my erroneous communication that the bird had life , by my putting it into a vessel of water and the cake upon the magnet ...
... whole progress of error . The child was not misled by her senses . She saw the resemblance of a swan . She erred by my erroneous communication that the bird had life , by my putting it into a vessel of water and the cake upon the magnet ...
الصفحة 48
... the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of melancholy and indispo- sition , and unpleasing to themselves . So , take from the aged Mahometan the opinion which he has entertained through the whole of his life of Ali 48.
... the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of melancholy and indispo- sition , and unpleasing to themselves . So , take from the aged Mahometan the opinion which he has entertained through the whole of his life of Ali 48.
الصفحة 49
Basil Montagu. has entertained through the whole of his life of Ali and Mahomet , and he may say with Isaac , “ If I am bereft , I am bereft . ” Such is the general cause of this tenacity , which appears in three forms : either in the ...
Basil Montagu. has entertained through the whole of his life of Ali and Mahomet , and he may say with Isaac , “ If I am bereft , I am bereft . ” Such is the general cause of this tenacity , which appears in three forms : either in the ...
الصفحة 68
... whole matter plain to you , and will first repeat in order all that you have said ; then I will show how much your ignorance of our affairs has misled you , and will in the last place answer all your arguments . And that I may begin ...
... whole matter plain to you , and will first repeat in order all that you have said ; then I will show how much your ignorance of our affairs has misled you , and will in the last place answer all your arguments . And that I may begin ...
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الصفحة 8 - Of law, there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care ; and the greatest, as not exempted from her power.
الصفحة 78 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
الصفحة 108 - ... from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
الصفحة 191 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
الصفحة 255 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
الصفحة 217 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
الصفحة 19 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
الصفحة 264 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
الصفحة 48 - Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people...
الصفحة 246 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.