EphemeraJ. Murray, 1865 - 377 pages |
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... once debated and adjudged , would be settled for ever , and no further liti- gation need arise upon them . We may judge of the trivial nature of the objections made to this proposal , by that which was offered in the very slight and ...
... once debated and adjudged , would be settled for ever , and no further liti- gation need arise upon them . We may judge of the trivial nature of the objections made to this proposal , by that which was offered in the very slight and ...
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... once made clear by a recourse to the same principle . For an expression , familiar probably to all of you , is that of Home Colonization ; it indicates a system to which great importance is attached by its promoters , by which much of ...
... once made clear by a recourse to the same principle . For an expression , familiar probably to all of you , is that of Home Colonization ; it indicates a system to which great importance is attached by its promoters , by which much of ...
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... once members of the Union on the same footing as the others , but shall be governed and educated ; so to speak , on the precise principles of the relation between an infant Colony and its parent stock . A Colony therefore , properly ...
... once members of the Union on the same footing as the others , but shall be governed and educated ; so to speak , on the precise principles of the relation between an infant Colony and its parent stock . A Colony therefore , properly ...
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... . You will see at once why I have said that it is only numerically speaking that these Colonies form but a small part of the whole number of our foreign Dependencies . Reckoned by weight and not by tale , they are far EPHEMERA , 37.
... . You will see at once why I have said that it is only numerically speaking that these Colonies form but a small part of the whole number of our foreign Dependencies . Reckoned by weight and not by tale , they are far EPHEMERA , 37.
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... once our Colony , now no longer ours , but to which we will briefly refer , as having pre- ceded the establishment of most of our possessions , and as eminently illustrative of some of the principles which we have in view - the United ...
... once our Colony , now no longer ours , but to which we will briefly refer , as having pre- ceded the establishment of most of our possessions , and as eminently illustrative of some of the principles which we have in view - the United ...
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Page 342 - In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 305 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall — I will do such things.
Page 297 - When service should in my old limbs lie lame, And unregarded age in corners thrown ; Take that ; and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age...
Page 176 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Page 301 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Page 359 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
Page 300 - Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die.
Page 293 - Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Page 297 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly.
Page 359 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...