Reflections After Reading; Or, Sketches, Biographical, Ecclesiastical, and HistoricalT. Ward et Company, 1843 - 458 pages |
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... remarkable . When he re- ceived his stated fees , he frequently returned a considerable part . The tenth of his income was appropriated to charitable purposes , and bestowed in the most judicious manner on the most deserving objects ...
... remarkable . When he re- ceived his stated fees , he frequently returned a considerable part . The tenth of his income was appropriated to charitable purposes , and bestowed in the most judicious manner on the most deserving objects ...
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... remarkable seriousness , and those amiable courtesies by which his general be- haviour was distinguished . * His professional works , we are told , are eminent for their precision of sentiment , their comprehensive learning , and their ...
... remarkable seriousness , and those amiable courtesies by which his general be- haviour was distinguished . * His professional works , we are told , are eminent for their precision of sentiment , their comprehensive learning , and their ...
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... remarkable , and for which we have reason to be thankful . The time in which he lived was the age of diaries ; when men were wont to note down occurrences , and to keep a register of facts , sentiments , and feelings . Several of the ...
... remarkable , and for which we have reason to be thankful . The time in which he lived was the age of diaries ; when men were wont to note down occurrences , and to keep a register of facts , sentiments , and feelings . Several of the ...
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... From early childhood Dr. Watts gave indications of his future character . His delight was in a book ; his proficiency in learning was remarkable ; and from the fourteenth year of his age we may trace the rise 50 WATTS .
... From early childhood Dr. Watts gave indications of his future character . His delight was in a book ; his proficiency in learning was remarkable ; and from the fourteenth year of his age we may trace the rise 50 WATTS .
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... remarkable day . " " Why is this day so re- markable ? " answered the Countess . " This very day thirty years , " replied he , " I came hither , to the house of my good friend Sir Thomas Abney , intending to spend but one single week ...
... remarkable day . " " Why is this day so re- markable ? " answered the Countess . " This very day thirty years , " replied he , " I came hither , to the house of my good friend Sir Thomas Abney , intending to spend but one single week ...
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Page 227 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 386 - I tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution ; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm.
Page 339 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 384 - At length, my dear Marquis, I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac; and under the shadow of my own vine and my own fig-tree, free from the bustle of a camp, and the busy scenes of public life, I am solacing myself with those tranquil enjoyments, of which the soldier, who is ever in pursuit of fame, the statesman, whose watchful days and sleepless nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own, perhaps the ruin of other countries, as if this globe...
Page 395 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 209 - Then was I moved of the Lord God to say unto him, " Come down, thou deceiver; dost thou bid people come freely, and take of the water of life freely, and yet thou takest three hundred pounds a year of them for preaching the Scriptures to them.
Page 325 - I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say, that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favour of the people.
Page 308 - The king is not bound to observe the laws of the realm concerning the subjects' rights and liberties, but that his royal will and pleasure, in imposing taxes without consent of Parliament, doth oblige the subjects...
Page 337 - I know I have deserved my punishment, and will be silent under it; but yet secretly my heart mourns, too sadly I fear, and cannot be comforted, because I have not the dear companion and sharer of all my joys and sorrows. I want him to talk with, to walk with, to eat and sleep with; all these things are irksome to me now; the day unwelcome, and the night so, too; all company and meals I would avoid if it might be...
Page 325 - Where popular discontents have been very prevalent; it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally something found amiss in the constitution, or in the conduct of Government. The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State, it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.