The Life of the Rev. Joseph Blanco White: Written by Himself; with Portions of His Correspondence, Volume 3J. Chapman, 1845 - 525 pages |
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Page 112 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee...
Page 281 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 288 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.
Page 337 - I only ask you to tell me if he disapproves of its going any further. I owed you a letter in return for the kind one you sent me; and, if I do not hear from you to the contrary, I shall take silence, if not for -consent, at least not for prohibition.
Page 104 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 369 - There is a principle which is pure, placed in the human mind, which in different places and ages hath had different names ; it is, however, pure, and proceeds from God. It is deep and inward, confined to no forms of religion nor excluded from any, when the heart stands in perfect sincerity. In whomsoever this takes root and grows, they become brethren.
Page 29 - Ita dico, Lucili ! SACER INTRA NOS SPIRITUS SEDET, malorum bonorumque nostrorum observator et custos. Hie prout a nobis tractatus est, ita nos ipse tractat. BONUS VIR SINE DEO NEMO EST.
Page 48 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do we then shun Death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life?
Page 281 - I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Page 215 - Arcadii, quaeso, miserescite regis, 'Et patrias audite preces: si numina vestra 'Incolumem Pallanta mihi, si fata reservant...
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Andrés Bello: Scholarship and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Latin ... Ivan Jaksic No preview available - 2006 |