A723    Beagle Library:     Davy, Humphry. 1830. Consolations in travel, or the last days of a philosopher. Edited by John Davy. London: John Murray.   Text

, dull and insupportable doctrine to me, and necessarily tending to atheism. When I had heard with disgust, in the dissecting rooms, the plan of the physiologist, of the gradual accretion of matter and its becoming endowed with irritability, ripening into sensibility and acquiring such organs as were necessary, by its own inherent forces, and at last rising into intellectual existence, a walk into the green fields or woods by the banks of rivers brought back my feelings from nature to God; I saw

A805    Beagle Library:     Mackintosh, James. 1830. The history of England. London: Lardner (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). vol. 1.   Text

the temple, the holy sepulchre, and all the scenes of sacred story, dear and hallowed in their eyes from infancy; and at the same moment beheld at their mercy the men who had defiled these holy places and spoiled those innocent pilgrims, whose offence was that of worshipping God where he most abundantly had poured out the treasures of his goodness. The gentleness and humility of a religion of forgiveness had on their distempered, yet not, perhaps, depraved hearts, more than the power of the

A505.1    Beagle Library:     Lyell, Charles. 1830. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. 3 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1.   Text

age*. The connexion between the doctrine of successive catastrophes and repeated deteriorations in the moral character of the human race, is more intimate and natural than might at first be imagined. For, in a rude state of society, all great calamities are regarded by the people, as judgments of God on the wickedness of man. Thus, in our own time, the priests persuaded a large part of the population of Chili, and perhaps believed themselves, that the great earthquake of 1822 was a sign of the

A505.1    Beagle Library:     Lyell, Charles. 1830. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. 3 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1.   Text

of the Egyptian god being strictly prohibited at the time when this edifice was in use, by the senate of Rome. It is not for the geologist to offer an opinion on these topics, and we shall, therefore, designate this valuable relic of antiquity by its generally received name, and proceed to consider the memorials of physical changes, inscribed on the three standing columns in most legible characters by the hand of nature. (See Frontispiece .) The pillars are forty-two feet in height; their

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western church, and with their obedience to the patriarchal see of Rome. Despairing of healing this breach of unity by reason, we are told by Bede that Augustine proposed to leave it to the determination of God, by agreeing that the party which should perform a miraculous cure was to be considered as sanctioned by the interposition of Heaven. Augustine cured a blind man, but without the immediate removal of obstinate prejudice. Many such miracles, however, are related, to which happier consequences

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Christian recluses sought a solitude more impenetrable than the Essenians, and adopted a system of self-infliction, of which the continuance was less dependent on themselves than the austerity taught by Philo to his Alexandrian followers. The very place of their retirement involved rigorous privation, and excluded the ordinary opportunities of vice; but they added new means of extinguishing every appetite which could disturb their exclusive devotion to the contemplation and worship of God. Such

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the West-Saxon dynasty. Hearing much of the beauty of a young and noble lady, named Elfrida, he sent one of his earls, Athelwold, to observe her, and report whether * The apology of Hooker when he was charged with excessive charity to his Calvinistic accuser Travers, for asserting that God was merciful to save thousands of our fathers living in popish superstition, is one of the most eloquent passages of that great writter. Hooker's Answer to Travers, and Discourse of Justification. William of

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quest made in the presence of a great assembly of nobles, which was, that he should confirm his promise by a public and solemn oath. Harold, thus taken by surprise, swore on the missal, and the bystanders called out, So help him, God! As soon as the oath was completed, William ordered the missal to be removed, and showed to the astonished Harold a vessel underneath full of sacred relics, the bones of saints and martyrs, on which he had unconsciously sworn. The moral principles of the age were

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declared Stephen his successor. By these and other unusually flagitious expedients, he was crowned and anointed king of England, at Westminster, on the 22d day of December, 1135. In the beginning of the charter, which, in imitation of his uncle, he issued immediately after his coronation, with an unparalleled variety of jarring titles, he described himself as being by the grace of God, and the consent of the clergy and people, elected king of England, as well as consecrated by William archbishop of

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in his own portion; Leopold duke of Austria made the like attempt. Richard's officers said to Leopold, Do you, a mere duke, pretend to be on a footing with kings? I fight, he answered, I make war, by my own power and sovereignty, and, under God, I acknowledge no superior but St. Peter. The duke left the town, treasuring up his revenge for a favorable opportunity. The way was now open to Jerusalem. Philip demanded a moiety of Cyprus, in virtue of a treaty which had stipulated the equal division of

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revengeful purposes under the mask of conciliation.* At the moment when his negotiations with them were apparently advancing, he secretly labored, by application to Rome, to stir up the most formidable of enemies against them. It is needless, say the ancient writers, to enumerate the barons who composed 'the army of God and of Holy Church:' they were the whole nobility of England; a phrase nearly equivalent to what in modern language would be called the nobility and gentry. Their followers

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inatched. Return to those who sent you, said the king, and say that they send no more to me while my son is alive. Let them suffer him to win his spurs; for if God be pleased, I will this journey (day) be his. John of Luxemburgh, who disdained quarter, was slain by the young hero, who thence assumed the motto of Ich dien I serve. The rout, as often happened in that age, became universal. The vast disproportion of loss showed a panic which dissolves an army, and marked the unsparing vengeance

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gaoler, avowed that the king was his prisoner. At the interview Henry entered the apartment uncovered, and bent his knee for the last time to his royal captive. Fair cousin of Lancaster, said Richard, uncovering himself, you are welcome I My lord, answered Henry, I am come before my time; but your people complain that they have been governed too rigorously for twenty years. If it please God, I will help you to govern them better. Fair cousin, replied the king, for the last time performing the part

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the absolute master of the lands of his subjects. And whereas, says that parliament, divers pains of treason were ordained by statute in the twenty-first year of king Richard, insomuch that no man did know how he ought to behave himself, to do, speak, or say, for doubt of such pains; it is accorded that in time to come no treason shall be judged otherwise than as it was ordained by the statute in the time of his noble grandfather king Edward the Third,* whom God absolve. So much had experience

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could extract from the narratives of her worst enemies no more than that she had lightly or presumptuously believed revelations or apparitions, undoubtedly proceeding from the evil spirit; that she had blasphemed against God, by imputing to him a command that she should wear man's apparel; and that, inasmuch as she refused to submit to the church, she was a heretic. The ecclesiastical tribunal pronounced sentence that she should be cut off from the church as a corrupt member, and delivered

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disinterestedness and austere manners, disposed the multitude to applaud the harsh discipline which he enforced, and the cruel chastisements which he either advised or countenanced. There is no reason to suspect his sincerity; but the extension of his own power, and that of his order, doubtless mingled itself with zeal for the service of God and man; and the secret enjoyments of pride and ambition soothed the irritation which the renunciation of pleasures more openly immoral is apt to beget in

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shaken Germany and Italy to their foundations; and from which the Capetian kings had hitherto owed their escape to the inconsiderable extent of the territory subject to their sway. Enough has been generally said of the ingenuity and address by which the system of the universal and unlimited monarchy of the Roman pontiff over all Christendom, indirectly * King Henri wondede mnche, to abbo men in offis mid him, that of conseil were god and wis. Ercedekne of Kanterbury Sein Tomas tho was. The king

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the expected assault, a rabbi, lately arrived from the Hebrew schools abroad, addressed his assembled countrymen: Men of Israel, God commands us to die for his law, as our glorious forefathers have done in all ages. If we fall into the hands of our enemies, they may cruelly torment us. That life which our Creator gave us, let us return to Him willingly and devoutly with our own hands. The majority applauded; a few only dissented. They burnt their costly garments, and destroyed their precious

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to the peasants, 'that in the beginning of the world there were no bondmen, wherefore none ought to be bond without he did treason to his lord, as Lucifer did to God: but they were neither angels nor spirits, but men formed to the similitude of their lords; why then should they be kept under like wild beasts 1 and why, if they labored, should they have no wages? 'When Adam delved and Eve span, Where was then the gentleman?' This priest, says Froissart, was three times thrown into the

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

with you. Dios d ra, God will provide; used to stimulate almsgiving. O'santo Dios, Oh, gracious God. Por Dios, By God, for God's sake. No lo quiera Dios, God forbid. Quiera dios, God send. A'Dios, God's will be done. DI SA, sf. Goddess. DIOSE R, vn. To claim divine honours. DIOSEC LLO Y DIOSEC TO, sm. Cupid; a little god. DIOSEC TA, sf. A little goddess. DI SO, SA, a. (Ant.) Old, of a long date. DIP DIPL E, sm. Diploe, a medullar substance which separates the two laminas of the skull. DIPL MA, sm

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

flattery and courtship addressed to women. DE FERO, RA, s. One who bears God at heart. DEIFICACI N, sf. Deification, the act of deifying or making a god. DEIFIC R, va. To deify, to praise excessively or in an extravagant manner. DE FICO, DEIF RME, a. Godlike, divine. DE SMO, sm. Deism, acknowledging one God and rejecting revelation. DE STA, sm. Deist, he who acknowledges God, but disbelieves revelation. DEL DEL, A contraction of the preposition De and the article el, which is used in the masculine

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

divino, Public worship in churches. Culto externo, External demonstrations or respect to God and his saints by processions, sacrifices, offerings, c. Culto indebido, Illegal worship, or superstition of appearing to honour God by false miracles, spurious reliques, c. Culto sagrado religioso, Honour or worship to God and to the saints. Culto superfluo, Worship by means of vain useless things. Culto supersticioso, Worship paid! either to whom it is not due, or in an improper manner. CULT R, sm. 1

A901    Beagle Library:     Duncan, John Shute. 1831. Analogies of organized beings. Oxford: S.Collingwood.   Text

thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? How solemnly just the philosophy, how heart-lifting the sublime poetry of this ancient and hallowed composition! The wise will answer with Job: Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. [page] 15

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1832 Sunday, July 1st as throwing good food overboard. After the Kings health God save the King the band played some beautiful music. It was no common pleasure to hear the Overture to Figaro, Semiramides, Il Barbiere. After so long a fast, the appetite for Music becomes very keen. Before I returned to the Beagle I saw all the hammocks carried down out of the nettings. it is said that this rush of the men surprised Napoleon more than anything else on an English ship. 2nd Walked to Botofogo

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1835 Novem 18th evening sky. Thus seated it was a sublime spectacle to watch the shades of night gradually covering obscuring the highest points. Before we laid ourselves down to sleep, the elder Tahitian fell on his knees with closed eyes repeated a long prayer in his native language tongue. He prayed as a Christian should do to his God, with fitting reverence, without show fear of ridicule or ostentation of piety. — In a like manner, neither of the men would taste food without saying before