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Página 475
... earth , placed like a hill in the midst of the un- fathomable waters ! Doubtless they must be poffeffed of fagaci- ty fuperiour to the rest of man- kind . Such were my reasonings at that time . But I have fince dif- covered , that the ...
... earth , placed like a hill in the midst of the un- fathomable waters ! Doubtless they must be poffeffed of fagaci- ty fuperiour to the rest of man- kind . Such were my reasonings at that time . But I have fince dif- covered , that the ...
Página 476
... earth are the objects of our fight and other fenfes . Among the invifible intelligences there are not a few orders that take a It is fupreme delight in injuring and throwing miferies and misfortunes in the way of mankind . these that ...
... earth are the objects of our fight and other fenfes . Among the invifible intelligences there are not a few orders that take a It is fupreme delight in injuring and throwing miferies and misfortunes in the way of mankind . these that ...
Página 480
... earth in the courfe of his life covered with wood and bushes , and the receptacle of beafts and birds of prey , afterwards become the feat of a city , not only the first in wealth and arts in the new , but rivalling in both many of the ...
... earth in the courfe of his life covered with wood and bushes , and the receptacle of beafts and birds of prey , afterwards become the feat of a city , not only the first in wealth and arts in the new , but rivalling in both many of the ...
Página 481
... earth . Such are the refources of your country , and fo trifling are your debts , compared with your refources , that proper fyftems , wifely planned and faithfully executed , will foon fill your extenfive territory with inhab . itants ...
... earth . Such are the refources of your country , and fo trifling are your debts , compared with your refources , that proper fyftems , wifely planned and faithfully executed , will foon fill your extenfive territory with inhab . itants ...
Página 482
... earth , and the annals of the world . You poffefs a country which in less than a century will proba- bly contain near fifty millions of inhabi tants . You have with a great ex- penfe of blood and treasure rescued yourselves , and your ...
... earth , and the annals of the world . You poffefs a country which in less than a century will proba- bly contain near fifty millions of inhabi tants . You have with a great ex- penfe of blood and treasure rescued yourselves , and your ...
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Página 550 - I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Página 497 - In conversation it is not Wit ; in manners it is not Politeness ; in behaviour it is not Address ; but it is a little like them all. It can only belong to people of a certain rank, who live in a certain manner, with certain persons, who have not certain virtues, and who have certain Vices, and who inhabit a certain Part of the Town.
Página 550 - I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Página 497 - ... to understand the rules of Politeness. Now sir, I have told you as much as I know of it, though I have admired and aimed at it all my Life.
Página 483 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Página 550 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Página 479 - Streets in the city of Philadelphia. His parents came from a place called Beverly, in Massachusetts Bay. The banks of the Delaware, on which the city of Philadelphia now stands, were inhabited, at the time of his birth, by Indians, and a few Swedes and Hollanders. He often talked to his companions of picking wortleberries, and catching rabbits, on spots now the most populous and improved of the city.
Página 497 - Fields may be lefs deteftable than the country in our world. Pray have you a fine Vauxhall and Ranelagh ? I think I fhould not diflike drinking the Lethe waters, when you have a full feafon. MERCURY. Surely you could not like to drink the waters of Oblivion, who have made pleafure the bufinefs, end, and aim of your life!
Página 480 - The time and manner in which he used spiritous liquors, I believe, contributed to lighten the weight of his years, and probably to prolong his life. " Give wine to him that is of a heavy heart, and strong drink to him that is ready to perish with age, as well as with sickness. Let him drink and forget his sorrow, and remember his misery no more.
Página 571 - The shattered remnant of this brave company, collecting themselves together, found three of their number unable to move from the spot, eleven wounded but able to march, and nine who had received no hurt. It was melancholy to leave their dying companions behind, but there was no possibility of removing them. One of...