The Monthly Messenger: A Repository of Information : Comprising Original Articles on Various Subjects, and Select and Elegant Extracts from the Writings of Both Ancient and Modern Authors : Interspersed Wih Remarks Critical and Explanatory |
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... Origin of the Custom . " Dancing is looked on by philosophers at the pre- sent day with contempt ; but I have no doubt that the dance was among the ancients esteemed of much greater importance than has been suspected . It was generally ...
... Origin of the Custom . " Dancing is looked on by philosophers at the pre- sent day with contempt ; but I have no doubt that the dance was among the ancients esteemed of much greater importance than has been suspected . It was generally ...
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... origin of the system of private property , like the origin of man , is a subject that is involved in great obscurity . The most commonly received hypothesis is , that in a dark and barbarous age , some men , renowned for their physical ...
... origin of the system of private property , like the origin of man , is a subject that is involved in great obscurity . The most commonly received hypothesis is , that in a dark and barbarous age , some men , renowned for their physical ...
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... origin and process of affection , habit , and character , it leads to the proper discipline of the heart , and supplies the most efficacious means of correcting all undue bias of self - love , of resisting the motives to vice , of ...
... origin and process of affection , habit , and character , it leads to the proper discipline of the heart , and supplies the most efficacious means of correcting all undue bias of self - love , of resisting the motives to vice , of ...
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... origin of empires and institutions . Seizing , therefore , the torch of faithful criticism , let us embark on our adventurous voyage for the purpose of explor- ing the dark circle of antiquity - of exhibiting the mysterious Adyta of the ...
... origin of empires and institutions . Seizing , therefore , the torch of faithful criticism , let us embark on our adventurous voyage for the purpose of explor- ing the dark circle of antiquity - of exhibiting the mysterious Adyta of the ...
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... origin of the doctrines he inculcated . If it can be shewn that the notion of creation was prevalent among philosophers at the time Moses lived , or if it can be shown that it formed part of an ancient system of primeval theology which ...
... origin of the doctrines he inculcated . If it can be shewn that the notion of creation was prevalent among philosophers at the time Moses lived , or if it can be shown that it formed part of an ancient system of primeval theology which ...
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Page 36 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Page 36 - Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me,
Page 17 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Page 37 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 107 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 44 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 36 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 213 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Page 214 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life...
Page 25 - ... robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to assume ; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.