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... says Hobbes , TH of one that pretended to have been mira- culously cured of blindness , wherewith he was born , by St. Albane or other saint at the town of St. Albans ; and that the duke of Gloucester , to be satisfied of the truth of ...
... says Hobbes , TH of one that pretended to have been mira- culously cured of blindness , wherewith he was born , by St. Albane or other saint at the town of St. Albans ; and that the duke of Gloucester , to be satisfied of the truth of ...
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... . Of gratitude , the philo- sopher does not say , with the politician in his sport , that it is a lively sense of future favours , but that it is a deep sense of past kindness , with an anxiety and readiness at any and at all times 4.
... . Of gratitude , the philo- sopher does not say , with the politician in his sport , that it is a lively sense of future favours , but that it is a deep sense of past kindness , with an anxiety and readiness at any and at all times 4.
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... says Hooker , " that God did first proclaim the edicts of his law upon the world , heaven and earth have hearkened unto his voice , and their labours have been to do his will . He made a law for the rain he gave his decree unto the sea ...
... says Hooker , " that God did first proclaim the edicts of his law upon the world , heaven and earth have hearkened unto his voice , and their labours have been to do his will . He made a law for the rain he gave his decree unto the sea ...
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... says an eminent physician , was put under my care by his officers . After severe dan- cing at a country wedding , he fell suddenly into a fit which lasted about an hour and a half . His hand was pulled towards the left shoulder , the ...
... says an eminent physician , was put under my care by his officers . After severe dan- cing at a country wedding , he fell suddenly into a fit which lasted about an hour and a half . His hand was pulled towards the left shoulder , the ...
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... says : " In the course of my repeated tours through the Hartz Mountains , I often , but in vain , ascended the Broken , that I might see the spectre . At length , on a serene morning , as the sun was just appearing above the horizon ...
... says : " In the course of my repeated tours through the Hartz Mountains , I often , but in vain , ascended the Broken , that I might see the spectre . At length , on a serene morning , as the sun was just appearing above the horizon ...
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Sida 8 - Of law, there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least as feeling her care ; and the greatest, as not exempted from her power.
Sida 78 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Sida 108 - ... from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Sida 191 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Sida 255 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring. For good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Sida 217 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Sida 19 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Sida 264 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Sida 48 - Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people...
Sida 246 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.