that he might be said to attain a monarchical power in Athens.

Thou, Lord, who hath permitted affliction to come upon us, shall
deliver us from it in due time.

That writer has given us an account of the manner in which
Christianity has formerly been propagated among the heathens.

Though the measure be mysterious, it is not unworthy of your
attention.

In his conduct was treachery, and in his words, faithless
professions. After I visited Europe, I returned to America.

I have not, nor shall not, consent to a proposal so unjust.

I had intended yesterday to have walked out, but I have been again
disappointed.

Five and eight makes thirteen; five from eight leaves three.

If he goes to Saratoga next week, it will make eight times that he
has visited that renowned watering place.

I could not convince him, that a forgiving disposition was nobler
than a revengeful one. I consider the first, one of the brightest
virtues that ever was or can be possessed by man.

The college consists of one great, and several smaller edifices.

He would not believe, that honesty was the best policy.

The edifice was erected sooner than I expected it to have been.

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth
he not leave the ninety and nine, &c.?

He might have completed his task sooner, but he could not do it
better.

The most ignorant and the most savage tribes of men, when they have
looked round on the earth, and on the heavens, could not avoid
ascribing their origin to some invisible, designing cause, and felt
a propensity to adore their Creator.

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CRITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.

OBSERVATION 1. The following absurd phrases so common in the sacred desk
and elsewhere, should be carefully avoided by all who regard common
sense:--"Sing the _two first_ and _three last_ verses." Just as if there
could be more than _one_ first and _one_ last. There may be a _first
two_, a _second two_, &c.; a _first three_, a _second three_, a _last
three_. "Within the _two last_ centuries;" "The second syllable of the
_three first_ words;" "The _three first_ of these orthoepists have no
rule by which their pronunciation is regulated: