The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1830 |
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... original form . Then came the ' ladders of the mountain ' ; a succession of levels , reached by acclivities of about one hundred feet in height ; and , soon after ' passing these , the Travellers emerged from the forest , and en- tered ...
... original form . Then came the ' ladders of the mountain ' ; a succession of levels , reached by acclivities of about one hundred feet in height ; and , soon after ' passing these , the Travellers emerged from the forest , and en- tered ...
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... original honours . Divisions and invasions had ravaged this fine country , and its towns had been repeatedly fired by the bands of a religious reformer , who has displayed much energy of character , and even opposed the Dutch without ...
... original honours . Divisions and invasions had ravaged this fine country , and its towns had been repeatedly fired by the bands of a religious reformer , who has displayed much energy of character , and even opposed the Dutch without ...
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... original statement , as the opinion or allegation of an individual , is a matter of such extreme insignificance , that the West India Party have put themselves to a very needless expense , in parading this Statement and Confession be ...
... original statement , as the opinion or allegation of an individual , is a matter of such extreme insignificance , that the West India Party have put themselves to a very needless expense , in parading this Statement and Confession be ...
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... original , and partly se- lected from the best works on entomology , illustrated by nume- rous wood - cuts , which greatly aid the description . It is to be followed by another volume on Insect Transformations ; and VOL . IV.-N.S. E the ...
... original , and partly se- lected from the best works on entomology , illustrated by nume- rous wood - cuts , which greatly aid the description . It is to be followed by another volume on Insect Transformations ; and VOL . IV.-N.S. E the ...
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... original fact , so , none were ever more rigorously subjected to the tests which distinguish between truth and falsehood , than the testimonies to which Lardner ap- peals in confirmation of his propositions . In sagacity and can- dour ...
... original fact , so , none were ever more rigorously subjected to the tests which distinguish between truth and falsehood , than the testimonies to which Lardner ap- peals in confirmation of his propositions . In sagacity and can- dour ...
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Page 242 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice : and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 461 - Tell me not of rights — talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property. The principles, the feelings of our common nature, rise in rebellion against it. Be the appeal made to the understanding or to the heart, the sentence is the same that rejects it.
Page 403 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house ; and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 147 - His mind was great and powerful without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Page 76 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Page 425 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 147 - His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man.
Page 430 - An hour of solitude passed in sincere and earnest prayer, or the conflict with, and conquest over a single passion or ' subtle bosom sin,' will teach us more of thought, will more effectually awaken the faculty, and form the habit, of reflection, than a year's study in the Schools without them.
Page 145 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance,, as they have already done the forms, of the British government.
Page 516 - GOD speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; then He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, that He may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.