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... passions they are spoken to in the name of the law . This great magistrate being in one of the counties , on the circuit , a poor woman was indicted for witchcraft . The inhabitants of the place were ex- asperated against her . Some ...
... passions they are spoken to in the name of the law . This great magistrate being in one of the counties , on the circuit , a poor woman was indicted for witchcraft . The inhabitants of the place were ex- asperated against her . Some ...
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... passion in the death of the game . It is an exercise which makes the limbs strong , active , and pliable : but leaves the head without improvement . I am convinced that man is more cruel and savage than any beast of prey . We exercise ...
... passion in the death of the game . It is an exercise which makes the limbs strong , active , and pliable : but leaves the head without improvement . I am convinced that man is more cruel and savage than any beast of prey . We exercise ...
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... passions , and therefore in reasoning , a man must take heed of words , which , besides their proper sig- nification , have a signification also of the character , disposition , and interest of the speaker , such as are the names of ...
... passions , and therefore in reasoning , a man must take heed of words , which , besides their proper sig- nification , have a signification also of the character , disposition , and interest of the speaker , such as are the names of ...
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... passion . They promised her a sum of money if she would endeavour to make him angry ; she consented , and knowing he was particularly fond of having his bed well made , she on the day appointed , neglected to make it . M. Abauret ...
... passion . They promised her a sum of money if she would endeavour to make him angry ; she consented , and knowing he was particularly fond of having his bed well made , she on the day appointed , neglected to make it . M. Abauret ...
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... passions , and finds in curiosity , compassion , and resentment , powerful auxiliaries . Robert Hall . 98. Peace . If peace is not to be found at home , is it not natural to expect that we should look for it abroad ? The parents , and ...
... passions , and finds in curiosity , compassion , and resentment , powerful auxiliaries . Robert Hall . 98. Peace . If peace is not to be found at home , is it not natural to expect that we should look for it abroad ? The parents , and ...
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Page 33 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Page 244 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Page 105 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 182 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 287 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 196 - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Page 242 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 232 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
Page 143 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Page 226 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.