The Monthly Epitome, Volume 1W. Clarke, 1802 - Great Britain |
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... considered as the luxuries of Science , as Poetry and the Belles Lettres are of Literature . They have an evident tendency to refine the mind , and improve the manners ; but it is much to be lamented , that , like other luxuries , they ...
... considered as the luxuries of Science , as Poetry and the Belles Lettres are of Literature . They have an evident tendency to refine the mind , and improve the manners ; but it is much to be lamented , that , like other luxuries , they ...
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... considered him to be the eldest son of the chief . In- deed it appeared to me that we had been detained here for the purpose of giving him time to bring the robe with which he had presented me . " The chief now made signs for us to ...
... considered him to be the eldest son of the chief . In- deed it appeared to me that we had been detained here for the purpose of giving him time to bring the robe with which he had presented me . " The chief now made signs for us to ...
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... considered as the wife of God . The sin of the Jewish nation was idolatry , and the scriptural type of idolatry is carnal fornication ; the woman , there- fore , to typify the nation , must be guilty of the typical crime ; and the only ...
... considered as the wife of God . The sin of the Jewish nation was idolatry , and the scriptural type of idolatry is carnal fornication ; the woman , there- fore , to typify the nation , must be guilty of the typical crime ; and the only ...
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... considered as a treasury of science , adapted to the purpose of every common seminary of learning . They may be studied to advantage without much previous elementary knowledge ; they convey accurate ideas respecting a variety of objects ...
... considered as a treasury of science , adapted to the purpose of every common seminary of learning . They may be studied to advantage without much previous elementary knowledge ; they convey accurate ideas respecting a variety of objects ...
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... considered as a public loss , even in the country which he inhabited . The Academy of Pe- tersburg went into deep mourning for him , and voted a marble bust of him , at their own expence , to be placed in their Euler's Letters on ...
... considered as a public loss , even in the country which he inhabited . The Academy of Pe- tersburg went into deep mourning for him , and voted a marble bust of him , at their own expence , to be placed in their Euler's Letters on ...
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Page 392 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 597 - FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good...
Page 425 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour ; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Page 538 - The Dissenting Ministers are represented as men of close ambition : They are so, my Lords ; and their ambition is to keep close to the college of fishermen, not of cardinals; and to the doctrine of inspired apostles, not to the decrees of interested and aspiring bishops. They contend for a scriptural creed, and spiritual worship ; we have a Calvinistic creed, a popish liturgy, and an Arminian clergy.
Page 96 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 545 - ... a different size from what they are, or placed after any other manner, or in any other order, than that in which they are placed, either no motion at all would have been carried on in the machine, or none which would have answered the use that is now served by it.
Page 436 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 434 - When he was reviled, he reviled not again. When he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Page 545 - ... the inference, we think, is inevitable, that the watch must have had a maker: that there must have existed, at some time, and at some place or other, an artificer or artificers who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.
Page 90 - But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.