Essays on Peace & War: Which First Appeared in the Christian Mirror, Printed at Portland, Me. New SeriesA. Shirley, 1827 - 279 من الصفحات |
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... appear at inter- vals , that I may not tire any class of readers . They will consist of such communications and hints as I may receive from respected friends of thoughts , which came into my own mind when the time of their being plac ...
... appear at inter- vals , that I may not tire any class of readers . They will consist of such communications and hints as I may receive from respected friends of thoughts , which came into my own mind when the time of their being plac ...
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... became the most enthusiastic friend and admirer of Washington . When we contemplate the conduct of the illustrious men , whom I have named , how contemptible and mean appear the manners of the little great 20 BEARING INSULTS WITH PATIENCE .
... became the most enthusiastic friend and admirer of Washington . When we contemplate the conduct of the illustrious men , whom I have named , how contemptible and mean appear the manners of the little great 20 BEARING INSULTS WITH PATIENCE .
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... appear the manners of the little great men of the present day , who have so little knowledge of true great- ness , as to suppose , that to revenge an in- sult is more honorable than to forgive it , and that honor is gained by the ...
... appear the manners of the little great men of the present day , who have so little knowledge of true great- ness , as to suppose , that to revenge an in- sult is more honorable than to forgive it , and that honor is gained by the ...
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... appears to me , that while I have been serving my king and my country , if not bril- liantly , yet faithfully , I have been acting in open disobedience to the plain and positive commands of another and a superior Mas- ter - a Master ...
... appears to me , that while I have been serving my king and my country , if not bril- liantly , yet faithfully , I have been acting in open disobedience to the plain and positive commands of another and a superior Mas- ter - a Master ...
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... appears before the pub- lic . Means of begging , too , have been re- sorted to , which " beggar description ; " and the aid of convicts in the State prison is re- sorted to , to bring forward the capstone . In this last measure , there ...
... appears before the pub- lic . Means of begging , too , have been re- sorted to , which " beggar description ; " and the aid of convicts in the State prison is re- sorted to , to bring forward the capstone . In this last measure , there ...
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الصفحة 158 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
الصفحة 131 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home - taxes on the raw material - taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health - on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal - on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice - on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride...
الصفحة 181 - The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas — a remnant of the ancient piracy — though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
الصفحة 132 - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers, — to be taxed no more.
الصفحة 131 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon...
الصفحة 110 - The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with...
الصفحة 111 - But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense of millions, but by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations...
الصفحة 12 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in dang-er of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment...
الصفحة 11 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
الصفحة 182 - ... who, besides, spend what they get in riot, drunkenness, and debauchery, lose their habits of industry, are rarely fit for any sober business after a peace, and serve only to increase the number of highwaymen and housebreakers.