the monthly review or literay jouranl1774 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuſe addreſſed almoſt alſo anſwer appears Author becauſe beſt Britiſh buſineſs cafe caſes cauſe Chriſtian circumſtance cloſe confiderable confidered conſequence conſtitution courſe defire deſign eaſy Engliſh eſtabliſhed expreſſed faid fame fatire favour firſt fome fuch hath hiſtory honour houſe inſtances inſtruction intereſt itſelf juſt juſtly King laſt late laws leaſt leſs letter Lord loſe manner maſter meaſure moſt muſt nature neceſſary obſervations occafion opinion ourſelves paſſages paſſed perſons pleaſe pleaſure preſent preſerve preſs propoſed publiſhed purpoſe queſtion raiſe Readers reaſon repreſentation repreſented reſpect ſaid ſame ſays ſcarce ſcene ſcience ſecond ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſenſible ſentiments ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhip ſhort ſhould ſmall ſociety ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpecies ſpecimen ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſufficient ſupport ſuppoſed ſyſtem theſe things thoſe thou tion treatiſe truth univerſally uſe verſe whoſe Writer
Popular passages
Page 105 - LORD GOD, LAMB of GOD, SON of the FATHER, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of GOD the FATHER, have mercy upon us.
Page 91 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 107 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 242 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 103 - When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.
Page 91 - But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Page 314 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 314 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 365 - Second, struck by those very graces, gave him five thousand pounds ; with which he immediately bought an annuity for his life, of five hundred pounds a year, of my grandfather, Halifax ; which was the foundation of his subsequent fortune.
Page 266 - Not to mention the disagreeable noise that it makes, and the shocking distortion of the face that it occasions. Laughter is easily restrained by a very little reflection; but, as it is generally connected with the idea of gaiety, people do not enough attend to its absurdity. I am neither of a melancholy, nor a cynical disposition; and am as willing, and as apt, to be pleased as anybody; but I am sure that, since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has ever heard me laugh.