The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and Speaking, Designed for the Use of SchoolsManning and Loring, 1811 - 228 pages |
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... pleasure in tormenting any of God's creatures , although ever fo inferior , ought to be banished from human fociety , and ranked among the brutes . 39. Admonish thy friend ; it may be he hath not done it ; and if he hath , that he do it ...
... pleasure in tormenting any of God's creatures , although ever fo inferior , ought to be banished from human fociety , and ranked among the brutes . 39. Admonish thy friend ; it may be he hath not done it ; and if he hath , that he do it ...
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... pleasure . 17. My own experience , and the experience of mankind from their origin , has declared , that whenever pleasure ex- ceeds the bounds of moderation , it is not only highly inju rious , but difgufiful . In order to enjoy ...
... pleasure . 17. My own experience , and the experience of mankind from their origin , has declared , that whenever pleasure ex- ceeds the bounds of moderation , it is not only highly inju rious , but difgufiful . In order to enjoy ...
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... pleasure . It elevates my foul , and teaches me to look down with proper contempt upon many objects which are eagerly fought , but which end in misery . 29. In this respect , and in many others , it effects in the best and most ...
... pleasure . It elevates my foul , and teaches me to look down with proper contempt upon many objects which are eagerly fought , but which end in misery . 29. In this respect , and in many others , it effects in the best and most ...
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... pleasure ; and piety leads to that peace , which the world , and all it poffeffes , cannot bestow . 35. Let others enjoy the pride and pleasure of being call ed philofophers , deifts , fceptics ; be mine the real , unoften- tatious ...
... pleasure ; and piety leads to that peace , which the world , and all it poffeffes , cannot bestow . 35. Let others enjoy the pride and pleasure of being call ed philofophers , deifts , fceptics ; be mine the real , unoften- tatious ...
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... pleasure of seeing that ref- olution not uneafy to her . Were one to paint filial affec- tion in its utmost beauty , he could not have a more lively idea of it than in beholding Fidelia ferving her father at his hours of rifing , meals ...
... pleasure of seeing that ref- olution not uneafy to her . Were one to paint filial affec- tion in its utmost beauty , he could not have a more lively idea of it than in beholding Fidelia ferving her father at his hours of rifing , meals ...
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Page 36 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 36 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 16 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 214 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 55 - I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Page 15 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine...
Page 204 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection.
Page 55 - ... my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Page 16 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Page 16 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.