The Works of William E. Channing, Bind 1J. Munroe, 1848 - 440 sider |
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... institutions which had stirred up a civil war , the general strain of his writings , though strong and stern , must exalt him , notwithstanding his occa- sional violence , among the friends of civil and religious liberty . That liberty ...
... institutions which had stirred up a civil war , the general strain of his writings , though strong and stern , must exalt him , notwithstanding his occa- sional violence , among the friends of civil and religious liberty . That liberty ...
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... institutions which he assailed was , that they fettered the mind . He felt within himself , that the human mind had a principle of perpetual growth , that it was essentially diffusive and made for progress , and he wished every chain ...
... institutions which he assailed was , that they fettered the mind . He felt within himself , that the human mind had a principle of perpetual growth , that it was essentially diffusive and made for progress , and he wished every chain ...
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... institution , and of polygamy and divorce . These views show , if not the soundness , yet the characteristic independence of his mind . No part of his book has given such offence as his doctrine of the lawfulness of polygamy , and yet ...
... institution , and of polygamy and divorce . These views show , if not the soundness , yet the characteristic independence of his mind . No part of his book has given such offence as his doctrine of the lawfulness of polygamy , and yet ...
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... institution , which did not ordain that an individual , and he a stipendiary , should have the sole right of speak- ing from a higher place , but that each believer in turn should be authorized to speak , or prophesy , or teach , or ...
... institution , which did not ordain that an individual , and he a stipendiary , should have the sole right of speak- ing from a higher place , but that each believer in turn should be authorized to speak , or prophesy , or teach , or ...
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... institutions overthrown , old opinions shaken , old restraints snapped asunder ; when the authority of religion was spurned , and youth aban- doned to unwonted license ; when the imagination was made feverish by visions of indistinct ...
... institutions overthrown , old opinions shaken , old restraints snapped asunder ; when the authority of religion was spurned , and youth aban- doned to unwonted license ; when the imagination was made feverish by visions of indistinct ...
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Side 28 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Side 50 - O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good, created all Such to perfection, one first matter all, Endued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and, in things that live, of life...
Side 320 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Side 316 - Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Side 13 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Side 52 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Side 229 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Side 14 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Side 17 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Side 35 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...