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... effect was the same in both instances : the Count was obliged to withdraw from the dominions of Ferdinand ; he proceeded next to Greece , and , finally , returned to this country , where a happy matrimonial alli- ance , and a ...
... effect was the same in both instances : the Count was obliged to withdraw from the dominions of Ferdinand ; he proceeded next to Greece , and , finally , returned to this country , where a happy matrimonial alli- ance , and a ...
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... effect of the tobacco and liquors , offered me some of his ' grog ; ' that is , brandy mixed with water without sugar , - which is the nectar of these heroes of the deep . I accepted it without hesitation , but the pewter pot , from ...
... effect of the tobacco and liquors , offered me some of his ' grog ; ' that is , brandy mixed with water without sugar , - which is the nectar of these heroes of the deep . I accepted it without hesitation , but the pewter pot , from ...
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... effect of almost a crash of thunder , went out of life with as little disturbance to the progress of human affairs as the falling of an autumn leaf . Count Pecchio remembers seeing in England once , Galiana a minister of finance in ...
... effect of almost a crash of thunder , went out of life with as little disturbance to the progress of human affairs as the falling of an autumn leaf . Count Pecchio remembers seeing in England once , Galiana a minister of finance in ...
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... effect may appear to be , the theory which brings them into such close relation , is far from being visionary . Men , who do not often communicate , live as strangers to each other ; they can have no common interests ; they are taught ...
... effect may appear to be , the theory which brings them into such close relation , is far from being visionary . Men , who do not often communicate , live as strangers to each other ; they can have no common interests ; they are taught ...
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... effect , urges two very strong objections against it , the grounds of which it may not be useless to state . He thinks that we are in the habit of imposing too much labour on the faculties of our children , whose intellectual ...
... effect , urges two very strong objections against it , the grounds of which it may not be useless to state . He thinks that we are in the habit of imposing too much labour on the faculties of our children , whose intellectual ...
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Page 215 - But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit; even so it is now.
Page 402 - The states severally have not retained their entire sovereignty. It has been shown that in becoming parts of a nation, not members of a league, they surrendered many of their essential parts of sovereignty.
Page 121 - But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel : — " Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Page 67 - Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe. When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe ; Like other charmers, wooing the caress More dazzlingly when daring in full dress ; Yet thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties — give me a cigar ! XX.
Page 30 - Doctor, and of every one else, when in that presence, he was unobservant, if not contemptuous. In truth, when he met with Dr. Johnson, he commonly forbore even answering anything that was said, or attending to anything that went forward, lest he should miss the smallest sound from that voice to which he paid such exclusive, though merited, homage. But the moment that voice burst forth, the attention which it excited in Mr. Boswell amounted almost to pain. His eyes goggled with eagerness ; he leant...
Page 104 - These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch themselves on the sand, exhausted with fatigue, and their limbs benumbed by the electric shocks of the gymnoti. ' In less than five minutes two horses were drowned. The eel, being five feet long, and pressing itself against the belly of the horses, makes a discharge along the whole extent of its electric organ.
Page 251 - Honours know in general that there was much baseness of spirit, not among the merchantmen only, but many of the State's ships, and therefore I make it my humble request that your Honours would be pleased to send down some gentlemen to take an impartial and strict examination of the deportment of several commanders, that you may know who are to be confided in and who are not.
Page 360 - Elms ; he was in the hospital before I came into the field. I will not pretend to give you an account of the battle, knowing you have a better in the prints. Pray give my service to Mrs. Cook and her daughter, to Mr. Stoffet and his wife, and to Mr. Lyver, and Thomas Hogsdon and to Mr. Ragdell, and to all my friends and acquaintance in general who do ask after me. My love to Mrs.
Page 216 - ... he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Page 465 - DUELLING as a punishment is absurd; because it is an equal chance, whether the punishment fall upon the offender, or the person offended. Nor is it much better as a reparation; it being difficult to explain in what the satisfaction consists, or how it tends to undo the injury, or to afford a compensation for the damage already sustained. The truth is, it is not considered as either.