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... English House of Commons whether the aggression was on the part of this country or of France ? or whether the mani- fest aggression on the part of France was the result of anything but the principles which characterize the French ...
... English House of Commons whether the aggression was on the part of this country or of France ? or whether the mani- fest aggression on the part of France was the result of anything but the principles which characterize the French ...
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... English power in India . It is most unquestionably true that this was one and a principal cause of this unparalleled outrage ; but another , and an equally sub- stantial , cause ( as appears by their own statements ) was the di- vision ...
... English power in India . It is most unquestionably true that this was one and a principal cause of this unparalleled outrage ; but another , and an equally sub- stantial , cause ( as appears by their own statements ) was the di- vision ...
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... English literature . It was no mean distinction to be conspicuous in the age of Burke and Johnson , of Hume and Smith , of Gray and Goldsmith , of Gibbon and Robertson , of Reynolds and Garrick . It was the fortune of Sir William Jones ...
... English literature . It was no mean distinction to be conspicuous in the age of Burke and Johnson , of Hume and Smith , of Gray and Goldsmith , of Gibbon and Robertson , of Reynolds and Garrick . It was the fortune of Sir William Jones ...
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... English youth - a circum- stance so extraordinary , that , if it be followed by suitable ad- vances , it will mark an epoch in the history of learning . Among the humblest fruits of this spirit I take the liberty to mention the project ...
... English youth - a circum- stance so extraordinary , that , if it be followed by suitable ad- vances , it will mark an epoch in the history of learning . Among the humblest fruits of this spirit I take the liberty to mention the project ...
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... English physicians ; which are the natural result of much experience and many disappointments ; and which , though indi- viduals have often just reason to complain of their indiscrim- inate application , are not ultimately injurious to ...
... English physicians ; which are the natural result of much experience and many disappointments ; and which , though indi- viduals have often just reason to complain of their indiscrim- inate application , are not ultimately injurious to ...
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Página 507 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Página 230 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Página 313 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 60 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 477 - THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? That sacred hour can I forget, Can I forget the hallowed grove...
Página 109 - What have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law?
Página 75 - February, 1810, being founded on circumstances of a temporary nature, which have happily ceased to exist, the said Treaty is hereby declared to be void in all its parts, and of no effect ; without prejudice, however, to the ancient Treaties of Alliance, Friendship and Guarantee, which have so long and so happily subsisted between the two Crowns, and which are hereby renewed by the High Contracting Parties, and acknowledged to be of full force and effect.
Página 115 - Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave: my lamp of life is nearly extinguished: my race is run: the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom!
Página 112 - No; I am no emissary; and my ambition was to hold a place among the deliverers of my country, not in power nor in profit, but in the glory of the achievement.
Página 451 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.