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... fhall enjoy together the glorious presence of our common Father , the Parent of the universe ! THOMAS PERCIVAL . HART - HILL , near MANCHESTER , Auguft ift , 1775- THE PREFACE . A S the following Tales and Re- ( 10 )
... fhall enjoy together the glorious presence of our common Father , the Parent of the universe ! THOMAS PERCIVAL . HART - HILL , near MANCHESTER , Auguft ift , 1775- THE PREFACE . A S the following Tales and Re- ( 10 )
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... universe . E CRUELTY IN EXPERIMENTS . UPHRONIUS was happy whenever the engagements of his profeffion , and his duty as a parent , allowed him a leisure hour to devote to experimental philofophy . He had been long pursuing a most ...
... universe . E CRUELTY IN EXPERIMENTS . UPHRONIUS was happy whenever the engagements of his profeffion , and his duty as a parent , allowed him a leisure hour to devote to experimental philofophy . He had been long pursuing a most ...
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... universe , are confined to the diftribution of rain and fun - fhine . He is repre- fented alfo as equal , in his own idea , to the govern- ment of nature ; and anxious only for a proper fuc- ceffor . I have given a different turn to the ...
... universe , are confined to the diftribution of rain and fun - fhine . He is repre- fented alfo as equal , in his own idea , to the govern- ment of nature ; and anxious only for a proper fuc- ceffor . I have given a different turn to the ...
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... universe to diveft him of the painful pre - eminence , with which he was honour- ed . " Father of light , " he cried , " thy om- nipotent hand , and all - feeing eye , are alone equal to the mighty empire of this globe . The vast ...
... universe to diveft him of the painful pre - eminence , with which he was honour- ed . " Father of light , " he cried , " thy om- nipotent hand , and all - feeing eye , are alone equal to the mighty empire of this globe . The vast ...
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... universe ; or abate our gratitude to the great Bond of our union , and the Author of our dearest enjoyments . The prefent life is only the commencement of those im- provements in knowledge and goodness , which we shall progreffively ...
... universe ; or abate our gratitude to the great Bond of our union , and the Author of our dearest enjoyments . The prefent life is only the commencement of those im- provements in knowledge and goodness , which we shall progreffively ...
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Página 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Página 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Página 142 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Página 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Página 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Página 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Página xxiv - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 93 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him...
Página 12 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...