But such pleas do no more than suggest other faults of swearing, and good arguments against it; its impertinence, its abuse of speech, its disgracing the practiser of it in point of judgment and capacity.

He told as he had received much benefit in the church of the Dissidents, but was on the point of separating from them, because he could not agree in acknowledging they were the only true visible church.

With this he entirely agreed, and thought it a point of the utmost importance; he wished it could be put in practice, for their church in general suffered loss for want of more quiet gathering of spirit before God.

Fixing the meeting for the First-day evening, John Yeardley and his companions pursued their way the next morning, which was Seventh-day, to Sävde, situated at the head of the fiord, and consequently the extreme point of their voyage.

Sir William was at the time an ambassador (not, however, I believe, in the country where the incident occurred), and was on the point of taking precedence in passing from one room to another, when Byron stepped in before him.

With regard to the latter part of both your letters, until the principal point was discussed between us, I felt myself at a loss in what manner to reply.

" Mr Moore acknowledges that he was somewhat piqued at the manner in which his efforts towards a more friendly understanding were received, and hastened to close the correspondence by a short note, saying that his Lordship had made him feel the imprudence he was guilty of in wandering from the point immediately in discussion between them.

You have NOW declared yourself SATISFIED, and on that point we are no longer at issue.

There is, however, one point connected with his conjugal differences which cannot be overlooked, nor noticed without animadversion.

It is not, however, with respect to the ability with which the character has been imagined, nor to the poetry with which it is invested, that I have so particularly made it a subject of criticism; it was to point out how much in it Lord Byron has interwoven of his own best nature.

This performance, in point of conception, is of a sublime order.

Some kinds of peaches are tolerably wholesome; but the stringy character of their pulp appears to me to render them less so than apples and pears, though I am not confident on this point.

But I must not moralize too long; having dwelt on this same point under the head Confectionary.

But since parents and nurses are not so well qualified as physicians to make these observations, I will endeavor to point out a few certain signs and symptoms by which they may know a child's health to be declining, even before be appears to be sick.

If they fail in a dozen attempts, they do not give up the point; but persevere till their efforts are crowned with success.

This point might indeed be secured by having the carriage covered; but I am opposed to covered carriages, for children or adults, unless we are compelled to ride in the rain.

The young of all animalsman among the restappear to have such an instinctive fondness for amusement, that so long as they are unrestrained, they seldom need any urging on this point.

In other words, the child of the most tender years should be regarded as a whole, and not as the mere fragment of a being; as a perfect member of a familyoccupying a full and complete, only a more limited sphere than older members: and all the rules and regulations and arrangements of the family should have a reference to this point.

When close enough, Barney, who was the stronger of the two, was to drive the harpoon-point through the thick skin of the creature.

This harpoon-point was fastened to a rawhide rope.

But as the engineer rounded a point, he suddenly exclaimed; "There!

It was not long until reindeer sleds, secured from the natives, were drawing quantities of the fuel to a point beneath a cliff, where a crude forge had been made out of granite rock.

Her observations, whether invariably just or not, are generally taken from a new stand-point.

They are from designs by English artists,"Eminent Hands," in the popular phrase; the faces are often quite striking and expressive, and, up to a certain point, characteristic; moreover, they are smoothly finished, and will compare favorably with those in fashionable gift-books.

On the other hand, the Israelites, owning all the soil, and an inheritance of land being a sacred possession, to hold it free of incumbrance was with every Israelite, a delicate point, both of family honor and personal character.