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... give our readers a condensed view of their contents , than to follow as nearly as our different circumstances will allow , the course he has adopted .
... give our readers a condensed view of their contents , than to follow as nearly as our different circumstances will allow , the course he has adopted .
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... it so palatable to the generality of readers , as to render nine - tenths of it superfluous . For ourselves , we are astonished , we confess , that Mr.
... it so palatable to the generality of readers , as to render nine - tenths of it superfluous . For ourselves , we are astonished , we confess , that Mr.
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There are many papers to which we would fain turn the eye the reader . The sketch of Bonny Bell is one of the most original we have seen in any book .
There are many papers to which we would fain turn the eye the reader . The sketch of Bonny Bell is one of the most original we have seen in any book .
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THIS HIS title hath the true antique sound ; our readers will know its genuineness as the antiquary does that of a first brass of one of the twelve Cæsars ...
THIS HIS title hath the true antique sound ; our readers will know its genuineness as the antiquary does that of a first brass of one of the twelve Cæsars ...
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The mere readers of magazines and newspapers will be at a loss to understand our feelings of bibliopathy : the trifles wherewith they beguile an idle hour ...
The mere readers of magazines and newspapers will be at a loss to understand our feelings of bibliopathy : the trifles wherewith they beguile an idle hour ...
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Seite 538 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Seite 412 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Seite 322 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 412 - I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world. even as 1 am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Seite 342 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Seite 150 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 322 - Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Seite 335 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Seite 615 - John, you know what my sentiments have been. You cannot suspect me of favouring readily any thing of this kind. But take care what you do with respect to that young man, for he is as surely called of God to preach, as you are. Examine what have been the fruits of his preaching: and hear him also yourself.
Seite 367 - I shall leave him dressed to posterity in the colours I saw him in the next progress after his inauguration, which was as green as the grass he trod on, with a feather in his cap, and a horn, instead of a sword, by his side ; how suitable to his age, calling, or person, I leave others to judge from his pictures...