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... result would be still more favourable to the salubrity of the penitentiaries . In Pennsylvania , for example , the average of deaths annually , is one in thirty - nine ; and in Maryland , one in forty - seven : thus we see , that in the ...
... result would be still more favourable to the salubrity of the penitentiaries . In Pennsylvania , for example , the average of deaths annually , is one in thirty - nine ; and in Maryland , one in forty - seven : thus we see , that in the ...
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... result of their labours , yet may be assured that they are esteemed and vene- rated by all those who have the pleasure of knowing them . " Here we behold a true picture of the genuine character which intense love of duty to God and man ...
... result of their labours , yet may be assured that they are esteemed and vene- rated by all those who have the pleasure of knowing them . " Here we behold a true picture of the genuine character which intense love of duty to God and man ...
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... result . Have I , then , no longer control over my own will ? said I. This neces- sity of doing what I do not wish to do , is undoubtedly a distortion of the brain . This had never occurred to me before . It might have admitted of ...
... result . Have I , then , no longer control over my own will ? said I. This neces- sity of doing what I do not wish to do , is undoubtedly a distortion of the brain . This had never occurred to me before . It might have admitted of ...
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... resulting from the announcement of recovered liberty . " You are silent , " said the lieutenant of police , " I expected to see you exulting . ” " I beg you will convey our thanks to the Emperor , " replied I , " but as we have had no ...
... resulting from the announcement of recovered liberty . " You are silent , " said the lieutenant of police , " I expected to see you exulting . ” " I beg you will convey our thanks to the Emperor , " replied I , " but as we have had no ...
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... result of observations on the every day life , so to speak , of the Indians , and thus convey to us a description of information which is but very rarely made the subject of attention with travellers in the East Indies . The The first ...
... result of observations on the every day life , so to speak , of the Indians , and thus convey to us a description of information which is but very rarely made the subject of attention with travellers in the East Indies . The The first ...
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Page 69 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.
Page 96 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 91 - Thro' the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray, With orient hues, unborrow'd of the sun : Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great.
Page 378 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments — as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby...
Page 90 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 394 - As for nobility in particular persons; it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber-tree sound and perfect: how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time.
Page 355 - I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion'.
Page 213 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Page 355 - ... his reason to disentangle him. This was his anxious care, to go out or in at a door' or passage, by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that either his right or his left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps with...
Page 337 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY. Intended to convey Practical Knowledge of the Science, and comprising the most important recent discoveries ; with explanations of the facts and phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELL.