The Southern Review, Volume 5Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick Bledsoe and Browne, 1869 |
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... least , imitate the conscientious care which we bestow on the formation of our own views and opinions . For hasty , crude , inconsiderate judgments - such as the world swarms with are of no value to any one , and least of all to the ...
... least , imitate the conscientious care which we bestow on the formation of our own views and opinions . For hasty , crude , inconsiderate judgments - such as the world swarms with are of no value to any one , and least of all to the ...
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... least , if not more , would be necessary to the com- plete , or adequate , discussion of the great themes , or topics , broached in that prefatory article , or introduction to THE SOUTH- ERN REVIEW . That article , indeed , contains ...
... least , if not more , would be necessary to the com- plete , or adequate , discussion of the great themes , or topics , broached in that prefatory article , or introduction to THE SOUTH- ERN REVIEW . That article , indeed , contains ...
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... least im- press or overshadowing of evil . All was perfection and beauty and joy . Peace reigned within , and Paradise bloomed without . But the Father of Lies , having turned philanthropist , cheated our kind with a scheme of equality ...
... least im- press or overshadowing of evil . All was perfection and beauty and joy . Peace reigned within , and Paradise bloomed without . But the Father of Lies , having turned philanthropist , cheated our kind with a scheme of equality ...
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... least that in their books ; [ a statement which we have taken the pains to verify for ourselves . ] . . . They wanted all the nations of the world to set up exact copies of that barbarous and imbe- cile government , which a handful of ...
... least that in their books ; [ a statement which we have taken the pains to verify for ourselves . ] . . . They wanted all the nations of the world to set up exact copies of that barbarous and imbe- cile government , which a handful of ...
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... least removed from the original course of the rays , we find a band of red , then orange , next yellow , green , blue , indigo , and lastly violet . Under favorable circumstances it is possible to detect beyond the violet a faint shade ...
... least removed from the original course of the rays , we find a band of red , then orange , next yellow , green , blue , indigo , and lastly violet . Under favorable circumstances it is possible to detect beyond the violet a faint shade ...
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Page 262 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness ; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself.
Page 330 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not...
Page 6 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 131 - And whereas the enforcing of the conscience in matters of religion "—such was the sublime tenor of a part of the statute—" hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person...
Page 124 - Father, being animated with a laudable, and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire...
Page 304 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Page 251 - The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England. But in old times this contest was between subjects, or some classes of subjects, and the government. By liberty, was meant protection against the tyranny of the political rulers.^ The...
Page 422 - In this way it was supposed that the enemy's plan of campaign for the summer would be broken up, and part of the season of active operations be consumed in the formation of new combinations and the preparations that they would require. In addition to these advantages, it was hoped that other valuable results might be attained by military success.
Page 262 - LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of 1he benefit.
Page 413 - There is not, in my opinion, in the whole compass of human affairs, so noble a spectacle as that which is displayed in the progress of jurisprudence ; where we may contemplate the cautious and unwearied exertions of a succession of wise men through a long course of ages ; withdrawing every case as it arises from the dangerous power of discretion, and subjecting it to inflexible rules ; extending the dominion of justice and reason, and gradually contracting, within the narrowest possible limits, the...