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Pagina 22
... political heats of that fiery time , was now to be provided without delay . It was the first completed of his pending projects , and is one of the flimsiest tracts which ever proceeded from his pen - flat and feeble in style , as well ...
... political heats of that fiery time , was now to be provided without delay . It was the first completed of his pending projects , and is one of the flimsiest tracts which ever proceeded from his pen - flat and feeble in style , as well ...
Pagina 35
... political and religious importance of the joint office placed the possessor on a level with princes , and second only to the Pope him- self . In preference to many candidates , and in spite of strong interest in other quarters , the ...
... political and religious importance of the joint office placed the possessor on a level with princes , and second only to the Pope him- self . In preference to many candidates , and in spite of strong interest in other quarters , the ...
Pagina 40
... politics were sometimes wrong , but his motives and princi- ples were invariably right . He was some- times less scrupulous of means than true apostolic religion sanctions , but his violent and extreme measures had no taint of selfish ...
... politics were sometimes wrong , but his motives and princi- ples were invariably right . He was some- times less scrupulous of means than true apostolic religion sanctions , but his violent and extreme measures had no taint of selfish ...
Pagina 42
... political views by sev- eral stages . His professional assistance was frequently sought upon political trials , and in defending actions for libel . He was en- gaged for many years in all cases of import- ance affecting the freedom of ...
... political views by sev- eral stages . His professional assistance was frequently sought upon political trials , and in defending actions for libel . He was en- gaged for many years in all cases of import- ance affecting the freedom of ...
Pagina 43
... political excite- ment of 1817 , to collect information respect- ing the designs of the Radicals . This corres- pondence also shows that Lord Sidmouth instructed Oliver , if possible , to prevent con- spiracies and secret meetings . The ...
... political excite- ment of 1817 , to collect information respect- ing the designs of the Radicals . This corres- pondence also shows that Lord Sidmouth instructed Oliver , if possible , to prevent con- spiracies and secret meetings . The ...
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Pagina 148 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Pagina 334 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Pagina 153 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Pagina 5 - THE MEMOIRS OF A PROTESTANT, CONDEMNED TO THE GALLEYS OF FRANCE FOR HIS RELIGION.
Pagina 153 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Pagina 149 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Pagina 152 - ... of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one. but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience.
Pagina 105 - Or, in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear ! Hip.
Pagina 19 - The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a royal Academy of Painting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed ; and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.
Pagina 408 - PRACTICAL PIETY; Or, the Influence of the Religion of the Heart on the Conduct of the Life, 32mo, portrait, cloth, 2s.