The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Band 7David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher Munroe & Francis, 1809 vol. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... practice of crowning an author , distinguish- ed in the path of an ancient , with a wreath of laurel from the grove of antiquity , in which that path terminated . A classick mind re- ceives an idea of Gray like lightning , from knowing ...
... practice of crowning an author , distinguish- ed in the path of an ancient , with a wreath of laurel from the grove of antiquity , in which that path terminated . A classick mind re- ceives an idea of Gray like lightning , from knowing ...
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... practice at their publick dinners of drinking the healths of persons present , which is prefaced by the most exaggerated praises ; after these are concluded , the company empty their glasses with " three times three . " The individual ...
... practice at their publick dinners of drinking the healths of persons present , which is prefaced by the most exaggerated praises ; after these are concluded , the company empty their glasses with " three times three . " The individual ...
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... practice , it leads to this conclusion , that the pas- sages which have excited so much scrutiny are not worth even an attempt at explanation . In reality neither of these authors believed what they asserted , both of them sacrificed ...
... practice , it leads to this conclusion , that the pas- sages which have excited so much scrutiny are not worth even an attempt at explanation . In reality neither of these authors believed what they asserted , both of them sacrificed ...
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... practice of which , through his merits , will ensure their present and future happiness . Our triple duties towards God , our fellow creatures , and ourselves , are the glorious themes , on which he exerts his divine eloquence , the ...
... practice of which , through his merits , will ensure their present and future happiness . Our triple duties towards God , our fellow creatures , and ourselves , are the glorious themes , on which he exerts his divine eloquence , the ...
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... practice to the dispute of christianity ; and which , under the appearance of contending for the faith once delivered , re- ally , though we believe not intentionally , in numbers who espouse it , makes the religion of men a mode of ...
... practice to the dispute of christianity ; and which , under the appearance of contending for the faith once delivered , re- ally , though we believe not intentionally , in numbers who espouse it , makes the religion of men a mode of ...
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Seite 313 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Seite 35 - Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Seite 316 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Seite 35 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Seite 39 - He continued to the end of his life the teacher of a congregation; and no reader of his works can doubt his fidelity or diligence. In the pulpit, though his low stature, which very little exceeded five feet, graced him with no advantages of appearance, yet the gravity and propriety of his utterance made his discourses very efficacious.
Seite 54 - Scripture, can derive itself from the fountain ; but may be plainly proved, either to have been brought in, in such an age after Christ, or that in such an age it was not in. In a word, there is no sufficient certainty but of Scripture only for any considering man to build upon. This, therefore, and this only, I have reason to believe; this I will profess ; according to this I will live ; and for this, if there be occasion, I will not only willingly, but even gladly lose my life ; though I should...
Seite 256 - He for the passage sought, attempted since So much in vain, and seeming to be shut By jealous Nature with eternal bars. In these fell regions, in Arzina caught, And to the stony deep his idle ship Immediate seal'd, he with his hapless crew Each full exerted at his several task, Froze into statues; to the cordage glued The sailor, and the pilot to the helm.
Seite 234 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Seite 100 - Certainly the ablest men that ever were have had all an openness and frankness of dealing, and a name of certainty and veracity: but then they were like horses well managed, for they could tell passing well when to stop or turn...
Seite 149 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.