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... fact , what teacher of music would ever illustrate the power of musical notes , and the theory of their harmonious combinations , by a melange of high discordant sounds ? Or , what anatomist would explain the functions of the human ...
... fact , what teacher of music would ever illustrate the power of musical notes , and the theory of their harmonious combinations , by a melange of high discordant sounds ? Or , what anatomist would explain the functions of the human ...
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... fact , if the above sentence be translated into English , in the order in which the words occupy in Latin , the meaning will be reversed ; for it will be " Peter struck Antony , " instead of " Antony struck Peter , " which is the ...
... fact , if the above sentence be translated into English , in the order in which the words occupy in Latin , the meaning will be reversed ; for it will be " Peter struck Antony , " instead of " Antony struck Peter , " which is the ...
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... facts or words . " It is called reasonable , not because the facts related are probable , but be- cause it refers to rational beings . 2. Parables , which narrate events that are probable , are better classed among narrations ; such are ...
... facts or words . " It is called reasonable , not because the facts related are probable , but be- cause it refers to rational beings . 2. Parables , which narrate events that are probable , are better classed among narrations ; such are ...
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... facts or dialogues of irrational be- ings . " It is called moral ; because , among the ancients , it had for its object a moral instruction only . 2. Phoedrus affords a fine example of an apo- logue , in the fable of " The Ruptured Frog ...
... facts or dialogues of irrational be- ings . " It is called moral ; because , among the ancients , it had for its object a moral instruction only . 2. Phoedrus affords a fine example of an apo- logue , in the fable of " The Ruptured Frog ...
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... fact , and its results ; the other , for censure or repri- mand . EXAMPLE I. 4. The Roman Plebeians having seceded from the Patricians , had assembled together on Mount Aventinus . Neither the law , nor the authority of the magistrates ...
... fact , and its results ; the other , for censure or repri- mand . EXAMPLE I. 4. The Roman Plebeians having seceded from the Patricians , had assembled together on Mount Aventinus . Neither the law , nor the authority of the magistrates ...
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Page 34 - God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 34 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among...
Page 40 - Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 41 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Page 34 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered — that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come ; but woe to that man...
Page 70 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 34 - South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 33 - Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and the child of the skies!
Page 40 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 38 - And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapped it ; it fell to the ground. And such...