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Page 170
We shall let the Author state in his own words , his notion of the principle to which
primitive Christianity owed much of • its irresistible energy . This principle he
believes to be , Unreserved Dedication to God , excluding all provision for the
future ...
We shall let the Author state in his own words , his notion of the principle to which
primitive Christianity owed much of • its irresistible energy . This principle he
believes to be , Unreserved Dedication to God , excluding all provision for the
future ...
Page 432
We are delighted with its order , simplicity , terseness , and comprehensiveness ,
and the masterly use of the rational principles of philology . It breathes throughout
, a conscientious anxiety to supply the pupil with clear information upon every ...
We are delighted with its order , simplicity , terseness , and comprehensiveness ,
and the masterly use of the rational principles of philology . It breathes throughout
, a conscientious anxiety to supply the pupil with clear information upon every ...
Page 522
Abstract principles were what his clumsy apprehen* sion could not grasp ; he
must have a principle embodied in ... But , of all abstract principles , ab . stract
principles of natural right - - which the Dissenters rested son as their strong hold -
were ...
Abstract principles were what his clumsy apprehen* sion could not grasp ; he
must have a principle embodied in ... But , of all abstract principles , ab . stract
principles of natural right - - which the Dissenters rested son as their strong hold -
were ...
Page 523
dislike of abstract principles must have sounded very strange , proceeding as it
did from the Author of the Theory of the Sublime and Beautiful . But Mr . Burke
knew where he was standing , and he spoke advisedly . Abstract principles may ...
dislike of abstract principles must have sounded very strange , proceeding as it
did from the Author of the Theory of the Sublime and Beautiful . But Mr . Burke
knew where he was standing , and he spoke advisedly . Abstract principles may ...
Page 529
It was dictated and justified by the principle of self - preservation . ... which Irish
orators and English gentlemen hear towards abstract principles , - together with a
little lurking spite towards Dissenters in a quarter which shall not be alluded to .
It was dictated and justified by the principle of self - preservation . ... which Irish
orators and English gentlemen hear towards abstract principles , - together with a
little lurking spite towards Dissenters in a quarter which shall not be alluded to .
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Page 532 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 560 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 439 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 22 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 231 - Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost. And the young men came in, and found her dead, and carrying her forth buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Page 516 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 560 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Page 69 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in. some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Page 483 - And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw...
Page 561 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.