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... spirit of philosophy , which was early cultivated by that extraordinary people . They undertook to regulate their domestic affairs by the influence of public opinion , rather than by laws ; their women were allowed to go abroad , while ...
... spirit of philosophy , which was early cultivated by that extraordinary people . They undertook to regulate their domestic affairs by the influence of public opinion , rather than by laws ; their women were allowed to go abroad , while ...
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... spirits , she approached him , threw a blanket over his face , and in an instant he was quiet and suffered himself to be tied , and cast upon the floor ; and he harbored no resentment the next day towards her for the deed . If they had ...
... spirits , she approached him , threw a blanket over his face , and in an instant he was quiet and suffered himself to be tied , and cast upon the floor ; and he harbored no resentment the next day towards her for the deed . If they had ...
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... spirit of the age in general improvement . A taste for reading and judging of character is as much acquired , as a taste for examining and criticising the pictures of the great artists . Biography should hold a place between geography ...
... spirit of the age in general improvement . A taste for reading and judging of character is as much acquired , as a taste for examining and criticising the pictures of the great artists . Biography should hold a place between geography ...
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... spirits to new exertions . The literati of her neighborhood were always on the watch to assist her ; and she was not ungrateful for their kindnesses , While she was under the most fearful apprehensions for the future , when her literary ...
... spirits to new exertions . The literati of her neighborhood were always on the watch to assist her ; and she was not ungrateful for their kindnesses , While she was under the most fearful apprehensions for the future , when her literary ...
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... spirit of candor , breathing in every sentence that she wrote . She gave us a good history of New England for schools , and for the young reader , as it is so honest , and shows so much industry , and it is not wanting in philosophical ...
... spirit of candor , breathing in every sentence that she wrote . She gave us a good history of New England for schools , and for the young reader , as it is so honest , and shows so much industry , and it is not wanting in philosophical ...
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Page 52 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Page 58 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 389 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
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Page 22 - Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife : there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Page 381 - YE say, they all have passed away, That noble race and brave; That their light canoes have vanished From off the crested wave; That, 'mid the forests where they roamed, There rings no hunter's shout; But their name is on your waters, — Ye may not wash it out.
Page 21 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Page 303 - THE playful smiles around the dimpled mouth, That happy air of majesty and truth, So would I draw : but oh ! 'tis vain to try ; My narrow genius does the power deny. The equal lustre of the heavenly mind, Where every grace with every virtue's...
Page 438 - It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband : and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 95 - But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine...