Sancho: Or, The ProverbialistT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 - 178 páginas |
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... particular modifications . The portion of truth conveyed in them is generally conveyed or im- plied in some passage of Scripture . My aunt Rachel then , by dexterously seizing upon the proper passage of Holy Writ , at once corrected the ...
... particular modifications . The portion of truth conveyed in them is generally conveyed or im- plied in some passage of Scripture . My aunt Rachel then , by dexterously seizing upon the proper passage of Holy Writ , at once corrected the ...
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... particular school - a practice , by the bye , much contemned in loftier semi- naries for every new comer to purchase his freedom by a liberal distribution of the gifts of his provident friends . Now it instantly occur- red to me that I ...
... particular school - a practice , by the bye , much contemned in loftier semi- naries for every new comer to purchase his freedom by a liberal distribution of the gifts of his provident friends . Now it instantly occur- red to me that I ...
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... particular account of the whole transaction . Let them but conceive , which is by no means difficult , my aunt to be Juno , and her face to be the sea , and the business is accomplished in a moment . I had entered the room , not only ...
... particular account of the whole transaction . Let them but conceive , which is by no means difficult , my aunt to be Juno , and her face to be the sea , and the business is accomplished in a moment . I had entered the room , not only ...
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... I do not say that my aunt entertained quite the same profound respect for the particular pro- verb which had so much dishonoured the family ; but she attached just the same value to all other 43 Another Head of the Hydra.
... I do not say that my aunt entertained quite the same profound respect for the particular pro- verb which had so much dishonoured the family ; but she attached just the same value to all other 43 Another Head of the Hydra.
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... upon my conformity as to know that I would patiently suffer every possible indignity , they determined , in my particular case , when they bestowed this new name , not to dispense with any part of the ceremony ; but on the contrary 59.
... upon my conformity as to know that I would patiently suffer every possible indignity , they determined , in my particular case , when they bestowed this new name , not to dispense with any part of the ceremony ; but on the contrary 59.
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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...