Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of James Currie ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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... ; and if they do , the people who have founded their government in freedom , cannot mean that the minds of in- dividuals should be held in chains . I wish to hear who are your great orators , and what the 12 SELECTION FROM THE.
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... hear from her . Farewell , my dear Friend , JAMES CURrie . No. 3 . Liverpool , January 21. 1789 . MY DEAR FRIEND , Of our friends in Annandale , I hear very little . They are , indeed , fast wearing away . Eight years ' absence has lost ...
... hear from her . Farewell , my dear Friend , JAMES CURrie . No. 3 . Liverpool , January 21. 1789 . MY DEAR FRIEND , Of our friends in Annandale , I hear very little . They are , indeed , fast wearing away . Eight years ' absence has lost ...
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... hears the approaching storm , with fear mixed with wonder and hope ; and the whore of Babylon listens with anguish and dis- may . The impulse of moral motion flies far quicker than the sound of arms ; and every corner of Europe feels it ...
... hears the approaching storm , with fear mixed with wonder and hope ; and the whore of Babylon listens with anguish and dis- may . The impulse of moral motion flies far quicker than the sound of arms ; and every corner of Europe feels it ...
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... hear , aware of this ; and , I hope , will meet the occasion with temper and prudence . Let us change the subject . I know of nothing important since I wrote last , respecting my own concerns . I know not whether I mentioned to you a ...
... hear , aware of this ; and , I hope , will meet the occasion with temper and prudence . Let us change the subject . I know of nothing important since I wrote last , respecting my own concerns . I know not whether I mentioned to you a ...
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... hear from Sir Joseph Banks , and his answer may cast light on my prospects . 1 In the mean time , I see the necessity , in every point of view , of exerting myself . Papers purely philosophical I have none by me ; nor do I think of any ...
... hear from Sir Joseph Banks , and his answer may cast light on my prospects . 1 In the mean time , I see the necessity , in every point of view , of exerting myself . Papers purely philosophical I have none by me ; nor do I think of any ...
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386 ページ - twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful; She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished That heaven had made her such a man; she thanked me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
453 ページ - 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.
431 ページ - 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...
391 ページ - 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.
352 ページ - 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.
352 ページ - 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.
476 ページ - 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.
51 ページ - 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.
352 ページ - 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...
354 ページ - 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...