Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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Side 35
... exercise their ingenuity , the question concerning the existence of the material world was always a favourite subject of disputa- tion . Some doubts on the same point occur even in the writings of philosophers whose general leaning ...
... exercise their ingenuity , the question concerning the existence of the material world was always a favourite subject of disputa- tion . Some doubts on the same point occur even in the writings of philosophers whose general leaning ...
Side 50
... exercise to be sure , is refreshing ; but if only ex- ercise is to be found , common sense will tell us to stop , when we begin to grow fatigued . The subjects on which Mr. Stewart has entered in the latter part of his volume , are of a ...
... exercise to be sure , is refreshing ; but if only ex- ercise is to be found , common sense will tell us to stop , when we begin to grow fatigued . The subjects on which Mr. Stewart has entered in the latter part of his volume , are of a ...
Side 68
... exercise over those of others : but how wonderfully is its sublimity increased when connected with the image of thunder ; as when we speak of the thunder of Demosthenes ! " Demosthenis non tam vibrarent fulmina , nisi numeris contorta ...
... exercise over those of others : but how wonderfully is its sublimity increased when connected with the image of thunder ; as when we speak of the thunder of Demosthenes ! " Demosthenis non tam vibrarent fulmina , nisi numeris contorta ...
Side 70
... exercise little or no influence upon the mind ; or who can discern no grandeur in the fine mountain scenery of Wales or Scotland , without the aid of Caractacus and Ossian . Such frigid travellers are either de- ficient in sensibility ...
... exercise little or no influence upon the mind ; or who can discern no grandeur in the fine mountain scenery of Wales or Scotland , without the aid of Caractacus and Ossian . Such frigid travellers are either de- ficient in sensibility ...
Side 72
... exercise upon the mind , compared with natural scenery and painting . The principal advantage of the former consists in the facility it possesses of presenting moral ideas to the imagination . In the power of placing before the mind the ...
... exercise upon the mind , compared with natural scenery and painting . The principal advantage of the former consists in the facility it possesses of presenting moral ideas to the imagination . In the power of placing before the mind the ...
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Side 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Side 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Side 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Side 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Side 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Side 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Side 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Side 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Side 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Side 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...