Sancho: Or, The ProverbialistT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 - 178 páginas |
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... live are false and dangerous , and that rules of life both safe and true are to be found , I have thought it my duty to illustrate these positions by re- cording some of the events of my life , and , with much humility , to present the ...
... live are false and dangerous , and that rules of life both safe and true are to be found , I have thought it my duty to illustrate these positions by re- cording some of the events of my life , and , with much humility , to present the ...
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... live , by proverbs . Now , as I owe much to my country , under the shadow of whose vine I have sat in safety for seventy years ; and as , moreover , I am about soon to ask of her the additional boon of a space of earth in which I may ...
... live , by proverbs . Now , as I owe much to my country , under the shadow of whose vine I have sat in safety for seventy years ; and as , moreover , I am about soon to ask of her the additional boon of a space of earth in which I may ...
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... live for a large part of my life , I can call to mind scarcely any of the occurrences of the first half of this time . I remember only , that at about twelve years old , I used to hear the housemaid complain that I was " of a very ...
... live for a large part of my life , I can call to mind scarcely any of the occurrences of the first half of this time . I remember only , that at about twelve years old , I used to hear the housemaid complain that I was " of a very ...
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... live , if they themselves did not kill me , for at least a week . more could the most ambitious school - boy covet ? What The master having , by means of a slight trial , plumbed the depth of my ignorance , I was turned loose upon the ...
... live , if they themselves did not kill me , for at least a week . more could the most ambitious school - boy covet ? What The master having , by means of a slight trial , plumbed the depth of my ignorance , I was turned loose upon the ...
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... live for others . Look there , my boy ! " and I turned my eyes to a fine copy of Ruben's Descent from the Cross , to which she pointed- " The Son of God , " came down to live and to die for said she , others . " 66 This argument I did ...
... live for others . Look there , my boy ! " and I turned my eyes to a fine copy of Ruben's Descent from the Cross , to which she pointed- " The Son of God , " came down to live and to die for said she , others . " 66 This argument I did ...
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Página 159 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 103 - ... exclaim, • Give them bark ! give them bark ! and let not an European perish, whom it is possible for a Peruvian to save.' Thus far all would be well. But conceive, instead of the assembly being permitted to act upon this benevolent decision, some Peruvian, of an age in which the prevalence of policy or mere prudence over justice and benevolence is more intelligible and pardonable, to arise, and thus to address his countrymen: • " ' Peruvians, you are far too precipitate. Consider, I beseech...
Página 99 - A fool and his money are soon parted ;" " A penny saved is a penny got;" " Money makes the man;" and who could resist such accumulated authorities?
Página 107 - Obey the eleventh," said the archbishop, "and you certainly will. — A new " commandment I give unto you, — that ye love
Página 105 - I'eruvums, are my reasons for opposing the wish of the speaker; and whoever promotes it, or opposes me, is a madman, and an enemy both to the Incas and the Great Spirit.'
Página 102 - I then thought looked old enough to know better) arose, and thus addressed the assembly : " Instead, sir, of replying directly to the reasonings of the speaker who has preceded me, I will simply put another case, and request his decision upon it. Suppose, instead of the present assembly, a thousand Peruvians convened on the banks of the Amazon, to take into consideration a supplication from the nations of Europe to supply them with that bark of Peru, which...
Página 100 - Heathen, convened a meeting near my aunt's mansion-house, to consider the means of extending to about sixty millions of poor idolatrous Hindoos the knowledge of Christianity. Now, whatever Religion and sound Wisdom might urge upon so plain a point, mere Prudence could not but be alarmed at an attempt, however quiet, to disturb the creed of sixty millions of people. Accordingly, having entered the assembly, I rose, and to the admiration of my aunt, made the following oration. '" I rise, Sir, to oppose...