The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1839 |
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... tion in life , it was also associated with all that was spirit - stirring in the recollection of the hour when they first burst from the thraldom of centuries . They felt that in being the objects of a divine message , they occupied a ...
... tion in life , it was also associated with all that was spirit - stirring in the recollection of the hour when they first burst from the thraldom of centuries . They felt that in being the objects of a divine message , they occupied a ...
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... tion by a civil war . The supposition is monstrous , and carries its own refutation on its front . Nor will any theory serve to account for their conduct , on the ordinary principles of human nature , which denies the validity of that ...
... tion by a civil war . The supposition is monstrous , and carries its own refutation on its front . Nor will any theory serve to account for their conduct , on the ordinary principles of human nature , which denies the validity of that ...
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... tion . And in following out this course , Mr. Napier may rest assured , they went to work after a very different fashion from what he supposes . They were not the men to aim at accomplish- ing their designs by working upon the fears or ...
... tion . And in following out this course , Mr. Napier may rest assured , they went to work after a very different fashion from what he supposes . They were not the men to aim at accomplish- ing their designs by working upon the fears or ...
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... tion must have been previously collected ; where the ' lenis susur- ' rus ' of a local tumult stirs a kingdom into rebellion we may rest assured that the minds of the people have been previously unset- tled by the criminality or folly ...
... tion must have been previously collected ; where the ' lenis susur- ' rus ' of a local tumult stirs a kingdom into rebellion we may rest assured that the minds of the people have been previously unset- tled by the criminality or folly ...
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... tion of distant objects to the parts of our own body , which much con- duceth to its preservation ; there is not the like connexion between things tangible , and those visible objects that are perceived by help of a fine microscope ...
... tion of distant objects to the parts of our own body , which much con- duceth to its preservation ; there is not the like connexion between things tangible , and those visible objects that are perceived by help of a fine microscope ...
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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...