Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Volume 1W. Creech, 1774 |
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... observation of Herodotus , " That " it is not given by the gods to any country , to produce rich crops " and warlike men . ' This inftance , with what are to follow , fhow paft contradiction , that a hot climate is no enemy to cou- rage ...
... observation of Herodotus , " That " it is not given by the gods to any country , to produce rich crops " and warlike men . ' This inftance , with what are to follow , fhow paft contradiction , that a hot climate is no enemy to cou- rage ...
Page 101
... observation to the Romans , and extends it even to grammarians , painters , ftatua- ries , and sculptors . With regard to Rome , it is true , that the Roman government under Auguftus was in effect defpotic : but defpotism , in that ...
... observation to the Romans , and extends it even to grammarians , painters , ftatua- ries , and sculptors . With regard to Rome , it is true , that the Roman government under Auguftus was in effect defpotic : but defpotism , in that ...
Page 256
... observation must give them the most extravagant " opinion of themfelves . From being seldom accustomed to meet with any oppo- " fition , even in their most unreasonable whims , they acquire a prefumptuous and " tyrannical difpofition ...
... observation must give them the most extravagant " opinion of themfelves . From being seldom accustomed to meet with any oppo- " fition , even in their most unreasonable whims , they acquire a prefumptuous and " tyrannical difpofition ...
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... observation may serve as a key to the ghosts introduced by him , and to his whole machinery , as term- ed by critics . His description of these ghosts is copied plainly from the creed of his country . 66 " It is reported , that the ...
... observation may serve as a key to the ghosts introduced by him , and to his whole machinery , as term- ed by critics . His description of these ghosts is copied plainly from the creed of his country . 66 " It is reported , that the ...
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... observation , that between the 1740 and 1770 no fewer than fix mayors of Lon- don died in office , a greater number than in the preceding 500 years fuch havock doth luxury in eating make among the fons of Albion . How different the ...
... observation , that between the 1740 and 1770 no fewer than fix mayors of Lon- don died in office , a greater number than in the preceding 500 years fuch havock doth luxury in eating make among the fons of Albion . How different the ...
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Page xii - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the Field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 123 - The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 122 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Page 126 - And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Page 125 - And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Page 123 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Page 123 - Hearest thou not my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens : let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Page 122 - So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Page 123 - And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Page 461 - For if any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people, by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property and subverts the end of government; for what property have I in that which another may by right take, when he pleases, to himself?