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... blessings in dis- guise . Change and alteration form the very essence of the world . True happiness is of a retired nature , and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to ...
... blessings in dis- guise . Change and alteration form the very essence of the world . True happiness is of a retired nature , and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to ...
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... blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is , to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; especially in those periods of life , when ...
... blessings to the world , sunk down , in the end , to be the burden and nuisance of society ! The most common propensity of mankind , is , to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; especially in those periods of life , when ...
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... bless the hermit " in his cell . I have a temple in every heart that owns my influ- ence ; and to him that wishes for me , I am already present . Science may raise thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! " 15. While ...
... bless the hermit " in his cell . I have a temple in every heart that owns my influ- ence ; and to him that wishes for me , I am already present . Science may raise thee to eminence ; but I alone can guide thee to felicity ! " 15. While ...
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... blessing , to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though , it must be confessed , there are , even in these parts , several poor uninstructed persons , who are but little above the inhabitants of ...
... blessing , to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though , it must be confessed , there are , even in these parts , several poor uninstructed persons , who are but little above the inhabitants of ...
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... blessing we enjoy , by what means soever it may be derived upon us , is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good , and the Father of mercies . 3. If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , na- turally produces a very ...
... blessing we enjoy , by what means soever it may be derived upon us , is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good , and the Father of mercies . 3. If gratitude , when exerted towards one another , na- turally produces a very ...
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Page 269 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 251 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 265 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 211 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 293 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit, in this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one Disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 280 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 289 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 281 - 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...