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... reference to the composition of the Metamorphoses - while on his way to Alexandria , he happened to fall sick at Tripoli , where his protracted visit in the house of a young man , his host , led to a matrimonial alliance with the young ...
... reference to the composition of the Metamorphoses - while on his way to Alexandria , he happened to fall sick at Tripoli , where his protracted visit in the house of a young man , his host , led to a matrimonial alliance with the young ...
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... reference to the supposed claim of infallibility , and deserve to be read by as many as desire to see these topics handled briefly and in a popular strain . We have some difficulty in characterising Mr. Ruskin's re- markable pamphlet ...
... reference to the supposed claim of infallibility , and deserve to be read by as many as desire to see these topics handled briefly and in a popular strain . We have some difficulty in characterising Mr. Ruskin's re- markable pamphlet ...
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tion of the chronological error committed . We purposely abstain from reference to other points of the tale . They may best be learnt from the pages of the author . We have rarely met with a work in which so much skill is combined with ...
tion of the chronological error committed . We purposely abstain from reference to other points of the tale . They may best be learnt from the pages of the author . We have rarely met with a work in which so much skill is combined with ...
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... references ; it inflames the affections by the touch ethereal of its fiery rod ; it purifies the morals by the powers of pity and terror ; and , when concentrated and hallowed , it becomes the most beautiful handmaid in the train of ...
... references ; it inflames the affections by the touch ethereal of its fiery rod ; it purifies the morals by the powers of pity and terror ; and , when concentrated and hallowed , it becomes the most beautiful handmaid in the train of ...
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... reference to it is pushed forward somewhat prominently , and more than once , and because it is one of the few theories in the book which , while it has a general character , is susceptible of special objections . We have indeed still ...
... reference to it is pushed forward somewhat prominently , and more than once , and because it is one of the few theories in the book which , while it has a general character , is susceptible of special objections . We have indeed still ...
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Page 4 - ... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 661 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ ? For we being many are one bread, and one body : for we are all partakers of that one '.bread,
Page 177 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing ; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 705 - None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
Page 410 - God forbid : yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Page 353 - In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel ; And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 369 - God, is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other his Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal; and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within his Majesty's said realms, dominions and countries.
Page 427 - THE sun makes music as of old Amid the rival spheres of Heaven, On its predestined circle rolled With thunder speed : the Angels even Draw strength from gazing on its glance, Though none its meaning fathom may ; — The world's unwithered countenance Is bright as at creation's day.
Page 261 - O come, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Page 13 - ... recurring to the examination of the idea of a Perfect Being, I found that the existence of the Being was comprised in the idea in the same way that the equality of its three angles to two right angles is comprised in the idea of a triangle...