Lectures on Mental and Moral CultureA. S. Barnes & Burr, 1860 - 319 páginas |
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... present gratification , if these only were consulted , would confirm us in this opinion . The teachings of Providence point us to the same conclusion . We are created with the special design of improving our gifts . Had this not been ...
... present gratification , if these only were consulted , would confirm us in this opinion . The teachings of Providence point us to the same conclusion . We are created with the special design of improving our gifts . Had this not been ...
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... present light . The shortness of life prevents us from prosecuting at length those subjects even which our present powers and helps fit us to pursue . The great majority of mankind are pre- Does God create for naught ? Employments in ...
... present light . The shortness of life prevents us from prosecuting at length those subjects even which our present powers and helps fit us to pursue . The great majority of mankind are pre- Does God create for naught ? Employments in ...
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... present him as an example to those who would become eminent in learning . About five years previous to the opening of our Revolution , in 1769 , Napoleon Bonaparte was born . His parents were Italian , and there consequently coursed in ...
... present him as an example to those who would become eminent in learning . About five years previous to the opening of our Revolution , in 1769 , Napoleon Bonaparte was born . His parents were Italian , and there consequently coursed in ...
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... , vol . i . , page 36. - Narrative com- municated to Chambers ' Edinburg Journal by an Italian gentleman who was present at the interview at M. Neckar's . Remark of M. Karruglion . Lieutenant in the army . 72 THE BOYHOOD.
... , vol . i . , page 36. - Narrative com- municated to Chambers ' Edinburg Journal by an Italian gentleman who was present at the interview at M. Neckar's . Remark of M. Karruglion . Lieutenant in the army . 72 THE BOYHOOD.
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... present , and the distant near . " He could take the minds of men and lead them on in what track he would . It was true he was an actor , and spoke the thoughts of others . Yet it was praise enough for him , that he drew from those ...
... present , and the distant near . " He could take the minds of men and lead them on in what track he would . It was true he was an actor , and spoke the thoughts of others . Yet it was praise enough for him , that he drew from those ...
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Página 318 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 278 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Página 150 - I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood.
Página 279 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 109 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Página 273 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher, too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge.
Página 111 - Sir, I know not how others may feel (glancing at the opponents of the college before him), but for myself, when I see my alma mater surrounded like Caesar in the Senate House, by those who are reiterating stab upon stab, I would not for this right hand, have her turn to me, and say, et tu quoque, mi fill ! and thou, too, my son ! — He sat down.
Página 144 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 145 - ... any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I...
Página 110 - ... suffused with tears ; Mr. Justice Washington at his side, with his small and emaciated frame, and countenance more like marble than I ever saw on any other human being — leaning forward with an eager, troubled look ; and the remainder of the court, at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, towards a single point, while the audience below were wrapping themselves round in closer folds beneath the bench to catch. each look, and every movement of the speaker's face.