AddressesJoseph Griffin, printer, 1820 - 176 páginas |
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Página xix
... better adapted to lead them to exercise their own understandings , to take the measure of their own positions , and behold in a clear light the proper foundations of such just opinions , as they might entertain . Subjects , however ...
... better adapted to lead them to exercise their own understandings , to take the measure of their own positions , and behold in a clear light the proper foundations of such just opinions , as they might entertain . Subjects , however ...
Página xx
... better how to propose a ques- tion ; " and it may be added , that the inquiries ad- dressed to him by those , best capable of appreciat- ing his powers , were apt , when opportunity invited , to be indicative of the deference , they ...
... better how to propose a ques- tion ; " and it may be added , that the inquiries ad- dressed to him by those , best capable of appreciat- ing his powers , were apt , when opportunity invited , to be indicative of the deference , they ...
Página xxvi
... better acquainted with the art of enchaining an attention , he had seized , than President Appleton ; and , if the allusion may be per- mitted , of kneading the application of his subject into a mind , he had once compressed within his ...
... better acquainted with the art of enchaining an attention , he had seized , than President Appleton ; and , if the allusion may be per- mitted , of kneading the application of his subject into a mind , he had once compressed within his ...
Página xxx
... better executed by others , into whose hands they may come . Several of their prominent features only have been adverted to ; without estimating the comparative importance of any , which have not been mentioned . Those , who have been ...
... better executed by others , into whose hands they may come . Several of their prominent features only have been adverted to ; without estimating the comparative importance of any , which have not been mentioned . Those , who have been ...
Página xxxi
... better sustained by their ex- amples the admonitions , he was accustomed to give respecting the accountability of men for all which they possess ; an accountability , commensu- rate with that moral existence , in which every one ...
... better sustained by their ex- amples the admonitions , he was accustomed to give respecting the accountability of men for all which they possess ; an accountability , commensu- rate with that moral existence , in which every one ...
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Página 45 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Página 68 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Página 47 - When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Página 52 - A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Página 16 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost, and rove At random, without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that sooths the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
Página 95 - Father of light and life Thou good supreme O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from folly vanity and vice , . From evry low pursuit and feed my soul With knowledge conscious peace and virtue pure Sacred substantial never fading bliss...
Página ii - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Página 109 - Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career.
Página 35 - ... when the Son of God shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired of all them that believe.
Página 91 - It borrows splendour from all that is fair, subordinates to itself all that is great, and sits enthroned on the riches of the universe.