Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of James Currie ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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... con- tagion that spreads every where around , and in- sinuates itself even into the common phraseology of conversation , in a hundred ways . France lies so near us , and our communication with her is 32 SELECTION FROM THE.
... con- tagion that spreads every where around , and in- sinuates itself even into the common phraseology of conversation , in a hundred ways . France lies so near us , and our communication with her is 32 SELECTION FROM THE.
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... conversation with Mr. Fitzmaurice on the subject of employ- ing the muriatic acid in bleaching ; and I en- gaged to undertake some enquiries respecting it for him . At that time he told me that a French- man had offered him the secret ...
... conversation with Mr. Fitzmaurice on the subject of employ- ing the muriatic acid in bleaching ; and I en- gaged to undertake some enquiries respecting it for him . At that time he told me that a French- man had offered him the secret ...
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... but said not a word . It was labelled , The Key of the Bas- tille . They were walking about the room in conversation , and fell into silence : the President was musing - he turned round , and pointed to LETTERS OF DR . CURRIE . 79.
... but said not a word . It was labelled , The Key of the Bas- tille . They were walking about the room in conversation , and fell into silence : the President was musing - he turned round , and pointed to LETTERS OF DR . CURRIE . 79.
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... conversation between these two illustrious men on the subject of government , in which the question was , whether any part of the legisla- tive power should be hereditary ; and he re- ported the arguments employed . Mr. Adams , he ...
... conversation between these two illustrious men on the subject of government , in which the question was , whether any part of the legisla- tive power should be hereditary ; and he re- ported the arguments employed . Mr. Adams , he ...
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... conversation , ought especially to be well acquainted with three books , Horace , Shakspeare , and the Bible . I write in a rambling way , and therefore you must expect me to be abrupt and unconnected . There is to be an application to ...
... conversation , ought especially to be well acquainted with three books , Horace , Shakspeare , and the Bible . I write in a rambling way , and therefore you must expect me to be abrupt and unconnected . There is to be an application to ...
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Страница 453 - I must confess, when I see princes and states fighting and quarrelling, amidst their debts, funds, and public mortgages, it always brings to my mind a match of cudgel-playing fought in a China shop.
Страница 431 - And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves...
Страница 391 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Страница 352 - The traveller got upon a standing net, a little way from the shore. There he lashed himself to the post, shouting for half an hour for assistance — till the tide rose over his head ! in the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful.
Страница 352 - In the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful. No one could go to his assistance — no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose — the tide had ebbed — and the poor traveller was found lashed to the pole of the net, and bleaching in the wind.
Страница 476 - Time and industry have already, in a great degree, repaired the losses of property which the citizens sustained during the war. but both have hitherto failed in effacing the taint which was then communicated to their principles, nor can its total ablution be expected till a new generation arises, unpractised in the iniquities of their fathers.
Страница 51 - Abolition,' which puts the subject in a very clear point of view, and contains a brief, but masterly, chain of propositions that bear irresistible force. I recommend it to your perusal. The moderation of its language is likely to make it useful.
Страница 352 - The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three foot a-breast. The traveller got upon a standing net, a little way from the shore. There he lashed himself to the post, shouting for half an hour for assistance — till the tide rose over his head ! In the darkness of...
Страница 354 - The throbbing heart's at rest; How still it lies within the breast! Why mourn? Since Death presents us peace And in the grave our Sorrows cease...