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... whole should be studied with method ; and how much more necessary is it to those , who instead of forty years ' devotion to books , appropriate not more than a fourth part of that period . We are aware that such calculations cannot be ...
... whole should be studied with method ; and how much more necessary is it to those , who instead of forty years ' devotion to books , appropriate not more than a fourth part of that period . We are aware that such calculations cannot be ...
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... whole community . " To be great in the law , therefore , it is important that we should be great in every virtue ; skilled in many , and somewhat improved in most of the departments of know- ledge ; for " it applies the greatest powers ...
... whole community . " To be great in the law , therefore , it is important that we should be great in every virtue ; skilled in many , and somewhat improved in most of the departments of know- ledge ; for " it applies the greatest powers ...
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... whole of that elegant and philosophical production de- serves to be the manual of every scientific stu- dent of English jurisprudence . But with all the aids which the student may derive from his adherence to method , he will ...
... whole of that elegant and philosophical production de- serves to be the manual of every scientific stu- dent of English jurisprudence . But with all the aids which the student may derive from his adherence to method , he will ...
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... whole : the remainder , ac- cording to our best calculation on such a subject , will require about four years . Let it not , how- ever , be supposed that what we have thus desig- nated is to be at a future period disregarded : we deemed ...
... whole : the remainder , ac- cording to our best calculation on such a subject , will require about four years . Let it not , how- ever , be supposed that what we have thus desig- nated is to be at a future period disregarded : we deemed ...
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... whole . ) " Of Maxims . " chap . 7th . " Of Probability . " chap . 15th . " Of the Degrees of Assent . " chap . 16th . " Of Reason . " chap . 17th . " Of Errour . " chap . 20th . BOOK IV . 9th . Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments ...
... whole . ) " Of Maxims . " chap . 7th . " Of Probability . " chap . 15th . " Of the Degrees of Assent . " chap . 16th . " Of Reason . " chap . 17th . " Of Errour . " chap . 20th . BOOK IV . 9th . Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments ...
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Page 45 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Page 273 - The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their...
Page 40 - I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, " and am of opinion, that the volume, independently of its divine " origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important " history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected " from all other books, in whatever language they may have been
Page vii - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 45 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 45 - They go up by the mountains ; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 280 - A / Comparative View / of the / Constitutions / of the / Several States With Each Other, and With That / Of The United States : / exhibiting in / Tables / The prominent Features of each Constitution, / and classing together their most important provisions under the / several heads of administration; / with / Notes and Observations.
Page 41 - ... two parts of which the Scriptures consist are connected by a chain of compositions which bear no resemblance in form or style to any that can be produced from the stores of Grecian, Indian, Persian, or even Arabian learning ; the antiquity of those compositions no man doubts, and the unstrained application of them to events long subsequent to their publication is a solid ground of belief that they were genuine productions, and consequently inspired.
Page 45 - And to his labour until the evening. 0 Lord, how manifold are thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Page ix - Wherefore, that here we may briefly end, of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...