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... Author may be assented to . Sure I am , that to press his works on the attention of the Publick , is doing service to the cause of genius , good sense , and good morals . To SIR , I have a double motive for intruding this Address upon ...
... Author may be assented to . Sure I am , that to press his works on the attention of the Publick , is doing service to the cause of genius , good sense , and good morals . To SIR , I have a double motive for intruding this Address upon ...
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... Author . But several of its errors have been pointed out in different periodical publications ; and a few of them are noticed by the second writer , Mr. Hellins . A few brief remarks on Art . X. of the Phi- losophical Transactions for ...
... Author . But several of its errors have been pointed out in different periodical publications ; and a few of them are noticed by the second writer , Mr. Hellins . A few brief remarks on Art . X. of the Phi- losophical Transactions for ...
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... Author that praise which is due to another . The grossly erroneous assertion in p . 273 , respecting series of the swift- est convergency for computing the values of A and B. ( which the Author affirms to be when the index is = 1⁄2 ) is ...
... Author that praise which is due to another . The grossly erroneous assertion in p . 273 , respecting series of the swift- est convergency for computing the values of A and B. ( which the Author affirms to be when the index is = 1⁄2 ) is ...
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... Authors , the distinction is very obvious . The one borrows largely from books ; the other takes from his own store ... Author modestly " unadorned narration : " terms an and from his acknowledged talents 1 and integrity , the writer is ...
... Authors , the distinction is very obvious . The one borrows largely from books ; the other takes from his own store ... Author modestly " unadorned narration : " terms an and from his acknowledged talents 1 and integrity , the writer is ...
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... Authors : but where are their Archives ? The first public instrument relating to this UNIVERSITY , that can be spoken of ... Author of Ju nius's Letters . But where is the evi- dence of the facts ? number of quotations , amounting to Any ...
... Authors : but where are their Archives ? The first public instrument relating to this UNIVERSITY , that can be spoken of ... Author of Ju nius's Letters . But where is the evi- dence of the facts ? number of quotations , amounting to Any ...
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Page 333 - That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Page 525 - No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene: Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 38 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Page 271 - The powers consequently declare, that Napoleon Buonaparte has placed himself without the pale of civil and social relations, and that as an enemy and disturber of the tranquillity of the world, he has rendered himself liable to public vengeance.
Page 437 - It was painted by an artist worthy of the subject, the excellent friend of that excellent man from their earliest youth, and a common friend of us both, with whom we lived for many years without a moment of coldness, of peevishness, of jealousy, or of jar, to the day of our final separation.
Page 67 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 344 - The riches, strength, and glory, of nations ; the topics which history celebrates, and which alone almost engage the praises and possess the admiration of mankind ; have no value farther than as they contribute to this end.
Page 437 - And vanquish'd realms supply recording gold? Here, rising bold, the Patriot's honest face; There Warriors frowning in historic brass?
Page 354 - Keane being both borne off wounded at the same time, with many other commanding officers, and further, the preparations to aid in crossing the ditch not being so forward as they ought to have been, from, perhaps, the men being wounded who were carrying them, caused a wavering in the column, which, in such a situation, became irreparable ; and as I advanced with the reserve, at about 250 yards from the line, I had the mortification to observe the whole falling back upon me in the greatest confusion.
Page 310 - ... one may be transported to any place, sheltered from foul weather and foul ways...