The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks: Or, An Inquiry Into the Circumstances which Give Rise to Influence and Authority, in the Different Members of SocietyW. Blackwood, 1806 - 296 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة viii
... mind owed its first bias to such sub- " jects . Mr Millar was always looked up to as " the oracle of the company ; his attainments were 66 greater than those of the others ; he had more 66 wit , and much greater argumentative powers ...
... mind owed its first bias to such sub- " jects . Mr Millar was always looked up to as " the oracle of the company ; his attainments were 66 greater than those of the others ; he had more 66 wit , and much greater argumentative powers ...
الصفحة viii
... mind , those sentiments of independence , which , through his whole life , he himself had steadily maintained . Next to history and politics , his favourite subject of reading and conversation was Scotch Law , for which he always ...
... mind , those sentiments of independence , which , through his whole life , he himself had steadily maintained . Next to history and politics , his favourite subject of reading and conversation was Scotch Law , for which he always ...
الصفحة viii
... mind , because it had been attacked by igno- rant and illiberal abuse . Mr Hume's visit to the Continent , which took place a few years after this , together with Mr Millar's change of residence and numerous avocations , prevented this ...
... mind , because it had been attacked by igno- rant and illiberal abuse . Mr Hume's visit to the Continent , which took place a few years after this , together with Mr Millar's change of residence and numerous avocations , prevented this ...
الصفحة x
... mind more active , He was induced , however , to take this resolu- tion , by his having , about this time , married Miss Margaret Craig , a lady nearly of his own age , to whom , while visiting on a familiar footing at her mother's , he ...
... mind more active , He was induced , however , to take this resolu- tion , by his having , about this time , married Miss Margaret Craig , a lady nearly of his own age , to whom , while visiting on a familiar footing at her mother's , he ...
الصفحة xvi
... mind , as readily to recur when afterwards alluded to . For these purposes , it must be repeatedly urged with that earnestness of manner , which can seldom be commanded , in reading over , year after year , what was written at a distant ...
... mind , as readily to recur when afterwards alluded to . For these purposes , it must be repeatedly urged with that earnestness of manner , which can seldom be commanded , in reading over , year after year , what was written at a distant ...
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الصفحة 134 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
الصفحة 11 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
الصفحة 239 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
الصفحة 131 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people ? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
الصفحة 71 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household. For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
الصفحة 72 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
الصفحة 42 - And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me.
الصفحة 129 - Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man " of valour, and he was the son of an harlot, and " Gilead begat Jephthah. " And Gilead' s wife bare him sons; and his " wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, ** and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our ** father's house ; for thou art the son of a strange
الصفحة 129 - And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
الصفحة 96 - Lacedemonians, that honest people, more virtuous than polite, rose up all to a man, and with the greatest respect received him among them. The Athenians being suddenly touched with a sense of the Spartan virtue, and their own degeneracy, gave a thunder of applause ; and. the old man cried out, " The Athenians understand what is good, but the Lacedemonians practise it