Assistant of Education, Volume 9T. Baker, 1827 |
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... interests of the princes , or any fear of their au- thority . Asia was the scene of perpetual warfare , in which An- tigonus ultimately prevailed over his competitors , and was the first whom we may rightly consider as succeed- ing to ...
... interests of the princes , or any fear of their au- thority . Asia was the scene of perpetual warfare , in which An- tigonus ultimately prevailed over his competitors , and was the first whom we may rightly consider as succeed- ing to ...
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... interest , while walking in the path of duty . But is this all ? If it is , there will be some shuffling and evading still , very close and critical examination of the law , with much pleading of exemptions . There will be doubtings ...
... interest , while walking in the path of duty . But is this all ? If it is , there will be some shuffling and evading still , very close and critical examination of the law , with much pleading of exemptions . There will be doubtings ...
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... interest and importance . In the strata upon the coast of Dorset- shire , below the chalk , we find the remains of Crocodiles and Alligators ; but there are no fossil relicks of mammi- ferous land animals , either here or in the Chalk ...
... interest and importance . In the strata upon the coast of Dorset- shire , below the chalk , we find the remains of Crocodiles and Alligators ; but there are no fossil relicks of mammi- ferous land animals , either here or in the Chalk ...
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... interest of his family . Polyperchon seems to have been scarcely worthy of this choice . Also Cassander , the son of the late monarch , was not satisfied with his own exclusion ; and while am- bition prompted him to attempt the recovery ...
... interest of his family . Polyperchon seems to have been scarcely worthy of this choice . Also Cassander , the son of the late monarch , was not satisfied with his own exclusion ; and while am- bition prompted him to attempt the recovery ...
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... interest of Rome , the common people steadily opposed to them ; consequently inclined to Mace- don . Hitherto Rome had little reason to be satisfied with her commanders in Greece , and the war seemed nothing nearer to a close . They ...
... interest of Rome , the common people steadily opposed to them ; consequently inclined to Mace- don . Hitherto Rome had little reason to be satisfied with her commanders in Greece , and the war seemed nothing nearer to a close . They ...
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Page 276 - To view the structure of that little work A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without ; No tool had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert ; No glue to join ; his little beak was all ; And yet, how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
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Page 140 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Page 277 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
Page 344 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease; The naked negro, panting at the Line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam, His first, best country, ever...
Page 114 - God — the discharge of the duties of that ministry which is a savour of life unto life, or of death unto death.
Page 335 - ... elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, horse, ox, two or three species of deer, bear, fox, water-rat, and birds. The bones are for the most part broken, and gnawed to pieces, and the teeth lie loose among the fragments of the bones ; a very few teeth remain still fixed in broken fragments of the jaws.