An Apology for the Life of James FennellMoses Thomas, 1814 - 510 pages |
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... suffering myself to be guided by the softer breaths of Nature at their will , till having provided for myself a vacuum , I descended , like a feather in the exhausted receiver of an air pump , with a celerity equal vi.
... suffering myself to be guided by the softer breaths of Nature at their will , till having provided for myself a vacuum , I descended , like a feather in the exhausted receiver of an air pump , with a celerity equal vi.
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... suffer had he taught me to elicit the vital spark of virtue , by confessing error , and withdrawing from the pursuit of it - to ... suffered uncomplainingly ; but , as I sup- pose , fainted under the operation ; for the only succeed- ing ...
... suffer had he taught me to elicit the vital spark of virtue , by confessing error , and withdrawing from the pursuit of it - to ... suffered uncomplainingly ; but , as I sup- pose , fainted under the operation ; for the only succeed- ing ...
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... suffered me to fret and vex myself and others for some weeks after ; then returned me to my father . Surely , severity to infants , must prove the bane to every correct disposition in adults ; as much so , as that which we call ...
... suffered me to fret and vex myself and others for some weeks after ; then returned me to my father . Surely , severity to infants , must prove the bane to every correct disposition in adults ; as much so , as that which we call ...
Page 36
... suffered to converse , and make their uncorrected remarks on this fatal subject . Like rays of light passing through mediums of different densities , my ideas were variously refracted , creating a confusion resembling the effects of a ...
... suffered to converse , and make their uncorrected remarks on this fatal subject . Like rays of light passing through mediums of different densities , my ideas were variously refracted , creating a confusion resembling the effects of a ...
Page 58
... suffer for it . He ordered me to hold out my hand . I said I would not : but laying it on the table , he having pre- pared in the meantime the sheet , I told him to act as he pleased , and he would find I would not flinch . He gave me ...
... suffer for it . He ordered me to hold out my hand . I said I would not : but laying it on the table , he having pre- pared in the meantime the sheet , I told him to act as he pleased , and he would find I would not flinch . He gave me ...
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Page 416 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 372 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 486 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 465 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page x - Go ! if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, Go ! and pretend your family is young, Nor own your fathers have been fools so long. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. Look next on greatness : say where greatness lies, Where, but among the heroes and the wise...
Page x - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Page 439 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 29 - And that through every stage ; when young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 465 - Priest alone pray with those who pray truly, but the ' angels' also ' in heaven,' who ' rejoice over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons, who need no repentance...
Page 444 - The righted orphan's grateful tear. To Virtue and her friends a friend, Still may my voice the weak defend, Ne'er may my prostituted tongue Protect th' oppressor in his wrong, Nor wrest the spirit of the laws To sanctify a villain's cause.