Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical ...Thomas and William Bradford, 1806 - 364 páginas |
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... letters -- and even private deeds , are written in Latin - hence the know- ledge of it has fometimes been found useful for states- men and lawyers - but all the conftitutions , laws , treaties , public letters , and private deeds of the ...
... letters -- and even private deeds , are written in Latin - hence the know- ledge of it has fometimes been found useful for states- men and lawyers - but all the conftitutions , laws , treaties , public letters , and private deeds of the ...
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... letters of the alphabet , did not exhib- it a greater abfurdity , than a boy of feven or eight years old does , in committing grammar rules to memory , in order to understand the English language . Did we wish to describe a ship , so as ...
... letters of the alphabet , did not exhib- it a greater abfurdity , than a boy of feven or eight years old does , in committing grammar rules to memory , in order to understand the English language . Did we wish to describe a ship , so as ...
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... letter from the reverend Mr. James Muir , principal of the academy of Alexandria in Virginia , to the Author , dated July 29 , 1791 . I HAVE read with fatisfaction , in the Museum , your obfervations on ftudying the learned - lan ...
... letter from the reverend Mr. James Muir , principal of the academy of Alexandria in Virginia , to the Author , dated July 29 , 1791 . I HAVE read with fatisfaction , in the Museum , your obfervations on ftudying the learned - lan ...
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Benjamin Rush. ANSWER to the foregoing letter , containing further obfervations upon the study of the Latin and Greek ... letters published in the Federal Gazette , faid to be written by Dr. Stuber , of this city . To perfuade men , that ...
Benjamin Rush. ANSWER to the foregoing letter , containing further obfervations upon the study of the Latin and Greek ... letters published in the Federal Gazette , faid to be written by Dr. Stuber , of this city . To perfuade men , that ...
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... letter , but for fome of the opinions contained in it . I know how apt mankind are to brand every propofition for innovation , as vifionary and Utopian . But good men should not be discouraged , by fuch epithets , from their attempts to ...
... letter , but for fome of the opinions contained in it . I know how apt mankind are to brand every propofition for innovation , as vifionary and Utopian . But good men should not be discouraged , by fuch epithets , from their attempts to ...
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Página 314 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Página 128 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Página 313 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Página 127 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Página 128 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Página 310 - The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Página 311 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Página 8 - I beg leave to remark, that the only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
Página 96 - Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy mind ; this is the firft and great commandment : and the fecond is like unto it, Thou fhalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf ; on thefe two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Página 347 - During this contest the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by the university of...