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... virtues effentially different , which pro from a difpofition to be happy t and thofe which refer their effec another world . We may inftance in patience , w a Heathen philofopher would defc thus : " To fupport ill with patienc not only ...
... virtues effentially different , which pro from a difpofition to be happy t and thofe which refer their effec another world . We may inftance in patience , w a Heathen philofopher would defc thus : " To fupport ill with patienc not only ...
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... virtue , and his own conftan- cy . This patience is the effect of a knowledge of our duties ; of a con- sciousness that we are able to perform them ; and none but great and good minds can poffefs it . " The other virtue feems to have ...
... virtue , and his own conftan- cy . This patience is the effect of a knowledge of our duties ; of a con- sciousness that we are able to perform them ; and none but great and good minds can poffefs it . " The other virtue feems to have ...
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... virtue and honefty which are guided by pru- dence ; that there is no other good but what is virtuous and honeft ; and that virtue and hopefty are in his own power . " Thefe principles lead a man dire & - ly to the fountains of ...
... virtue and honefty which are guided by pru- dence ; that there is no other good but what is virtuous and honeft ; and that virtue and hopefty are in his own power . " Thefe principles lead a man dire & - ly to the fountains of ...
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... Virtue . Otherwife , we had better return to the raw herbage for our food , and to the inclemencies of the open sky for our covering ; go back to uncultivated nature , where our wants would be fewer , and our appe- tites lefs . Such a ...
... Virtue . Otherwife , we had better return to the raw herbage for our food , and to the inclemencies of the open sky for our covering ; go back to uncultivated nature , where our wants would be fewer , and our appe- tites lefs . Such a ...
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... virtue of the moft unquestionable authority , one of thofe five captains * ap- pointed to command the numerous companies into which the Alphabeti cal Regiment is divided , yet has he never ufurped the rights of his bro ther officers ...
... virtue of the moft unquestionable authority , one of thofe five captains * ap- pointed to command the numerous companies into which the Alphabeti cal Regiment is divided , yet has he never ufurped the rights of his bro ther officers ...
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Page 510 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; that ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 482 - ... the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Page 80 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 548 - If a white man in travelling through our country, enters one of our cabins, we all treat him as I treat you; we dry him if he is wet, we warm him if he is cold, and give him meat and drink, that he may allay his...
Page 81 - In case it should so happen, that any place or territory, belonging to Great Britain or to the United States, should...
Page 34 - I'll not injure you, but prove a friend. Here, take this — , and now tell me how much you want to make you independent of so destructive a business as you are now engaged in.
Page 18 - When we have muffled off this mortal coil, Muft give us paufe. There's the refpeft, That makes calamity of fo long life : For who would bear the whips and fcorns of time...
Page 509 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 518 - We are convinced therefore that you mean to do us good by your Proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you who are wise must know, that different Nations have different Conceptions of things; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our Ideas of this Kind of Education happen...
Page 81 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...