The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D. L.L.D. Late President of the College, at Princeton New-Jersey: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, by the Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York. : In Three Volumes. : Vol. I[-III].William W. Woodward, no. 17, Chesnut near Front Street., 1801 - 368 Seiten |
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... particular branch of fcience , and to know any thing upon that branch that may be known , is the work of a life - time . Grammar , mathematics , aftronomy , oratory , hiftory , law , phyfic , poetry , painting , ftatuary , architecture ...
... particular branch of fcience , and to know any thing upon that branch that may be known , is the work of a life - time . Grammar , mathematics , aftronomy , oratory , hiftory , law , phyfic , poetry , painting , ftatuary , architecture ...
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... particular ftudy of one fmall branch , are generally confi- dered as pedants ; and indeed commonly are fuch as are understood by that expreffion . Their thoughts have ta- ken fuch a courfe , and their ideas themfelves taken fuch a ...
... particular ftudy of one fmall branch , are generally confi- dered as pedants ; and indeed commonly are fuch as are understood by that expreffion . Their thoughts have ta- ken fuch a courfe , and their ideas themfelves taken fuch a ...
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... particular fubje & t , plainly discovers that he hath bestowed more time and pains upon it than he had to spare from his necessary duty . It is alfo ufual in all fuch cafes , that the favourite pursuit infuses such a quantity of phrases ...
... particular fubje & t , plainly discovers that he hath bestowed more time and pains upon it than he had to spare from his necessary duty . It is alfo ufual in all fuch cafes , that the favourite pursuit infuses such a quantity of phrases ...
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... particular defire of fome of the last year's scholars , a list of the principal and most valuable writers in every branch of fcience , it will be more complete for any that defire to have copies of that lift . This lift may be seen at ...
... particular defire of fome of the last year's scholars , a list of the principal and most valuable writers in every branch of fcience , it will be more complete for any that defire to have copies of that lift . This lift may be seen at ...
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... particular cavils , and of the most filly kind . In the deistical controverfy , what commonly leads the way , is the neceffity of revelation in general . This is to be proved from the state of the heathen world before the coming of ...
... particular cavils , and of the most filly kind . In the deistical controverfy , what commonly leads the way , is the neceffity of revelation in general . This is to be proved from the state of the heathen world before the coming of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 134 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 94 - And there appeared another wonder in heaven ; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Seite 74 - The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Seite 110 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Seite 361 - Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings : let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.
Seite 229 - Provided always, and it is the true intent and meaning of this act, that all the laws made and provided for the frequenting of divine service...
Seite 206 - It has been my opinion from the beginning, that we did not carry our reasoning fully home, when we complained of an arbitrary prince, or of the insolence, cruelty and obstinacy of Lord North, Lord Bute, or Lord Mansfield. What we have to fear, and what we have now to grapple with, is the ignorance, prejudice, partiality and injustice of human nature.
Seite 181 - Great-Britain, for a very obvious reason, viz. that being much more unsettled, and moving frequently from place to place, they are not so liable to local peculiarities, either in accent or phraseology. There is a greater difference in dialect between one county and another in Britain, than there is between one state and another in America.
Seite 261 - ... for the people to put in the money, after the promise was made; only the most apparent justice obliged Congress to extend the privilege to those who had put in their money before. Besides nothing can be more unequal and injurious than reckoning the money by the depreciation, either before or after the 1st of March, 1778, for a great part of the money in all the loan-offices was such as had been paid up in its nominal value, in consequence of the Tender laws. This points you, sir, to another class...
Seite 257 - I do not say that intellectual and moral qualities are in the same proportion in particular persons ; but they have a great and friendly influence upon one another, in societies and larger bodies. There have been great improvements, not only in human knowledge, but in human nature ; the progress of which can be easily traced in history.