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... supposed wrongs of Naples , and who deduce , from the numbers and extension of the Carbonari , a conclusion that the revolution thus suppressed by Austria was the native offspring of the public mind of the coun- try , guided and ...
... supposed wrongs of Naples , and who deduce , from the numbers and extension of the Carbonari , a conclusion that the revolution thus suppressed by Austria was the native offspring of the public mind of the coun- try , guided and ...
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... supposed to have been initiated , locked up their knowledge . Whether the metempsychosis of this philosopher was borrowed from India , or was symbolical merely of the changes and reproductions which prevail through animal and vegetable ...
... supposed to have been initiated , locked up their knowledge . Whether the metempsychosis of this philosopher was borrowed from India , or was symbolical merely of the changes and reproductions which prevail through animal and vegetable ...
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... supposed that this work was dedicated to Charlemagne ; but that prince had been dead nearly three hun- dred years , when this compilation first made its appearance . In fact , it was dedicated to a king of England , as it should seem ...
... supposed that this work was dedicated to Charlemagne ; but that prince had been dead nearly three hun- dred years , when this compilation first made its appearance . In fact , it was dedicated to a king of England , as it should seem ...
Page 53
... supposed to go farther back than to the year 1756 or 1757. There are few towns , perhaps , in Pensylvania , which , in the same space of time , have been so little improved , or undergone less alteration . Then , as now , the great road ...
... supposed to go farther back than to the year 1756 or 1757. There are few towns , perhaps , in Pensylvania , which , in the same space of time , have been so little improved , or undergone less alteration . Then , as now , the great road ...
Page 57
... they were supposed to be eclipsed by the superior talents which came from the southward and eastward . New England had sent her Adamses , and Virginia her Lees and Henrys ; all of whom were Memoirs of a Pennsylvanian . 57.
... they were supposed to be eclipsed by the superior talents which came from the southward and eastward . New England had sent her Adamses , and Virginia her Lees and Henrys ; all of whom were Memoirs of a Pennsylvanian . 57.
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Page 78 - It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited.
Page 416 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 344 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Page 95 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page 344 - Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return? Whose favour shall I court, and whose anger must I dread? What beings surround me? and on whom have I any influence, or who have any influence on me? I am confounded with all these questions, and begin to fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly deprived of the use of every member and faculty.
Page 133 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 344 - I run into the crowd for shelter and warmth, but cannot prevail with myself to mix with such deformity. I call upon others to join me, in order to make a company apart, but no one will hearken to me. Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm which beats upon me from every side.
Page 95 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead
Page 136 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 95 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.