The Southern Review, Volume 5Bledsoe and Browne, 1869 |
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... expectations in regard to the future . The entire face of society was about to be suddenly transformed and illuminated by them ; and , at last , after the weary revolution of 1869. ] The Great Error of the Eighteenth Century . 7.
... expectations in regard to the future . The entire face of society was about to be suddenly transformed and illuminated by them ; and , at last , after the weary revolution of 1869. ] The Great Error of the Eighteenth Century . 7.
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... regard to man's social condition and destiny ; just because he ignored the real source of this world's manifold disorders . Blind amid the very blaze of noon , he hoped to convert France into a Paradise in ten years , and he only helped ...
... regard to man's social condition and destiny ; just because he ignored the real source of this world's manifold disorders . Blind amid the very blaze of noon , he hoped to convert France into a Paradise in ten years , and he only helped ...
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... regard to him . He had burst upon the world amidst the throes of a revolution , which had had no parallel in the records of the past , as a volcano is thrown to the surface of the ocean by the convulsions of an earthquake . Like that ...
... regard to him . He had burst upon the world amidst the throes of a revolution , which had had no parallel in the records of the past , as a volcano is thrown to the surface of the ocean by the convulsions of an earthquake . Like that ...
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... regard to him , had already become so great as to attract the attention of statesmen . Chateaubriand , alluding to it , said , that his grey coat and cocked hat , hung up in any quarter of Europe , would produce a revolution . Surely no ...
... regard to him , had already become so great as to attract the attention of statesmen . Chateaubriand , alluding to it , said , that his grey coat and cocked hat , hung up in any quarter of Europe , would produce a revolution . Surely no ...
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... regard to any other of his numerous fields of battle . Few trav- ellers from Genoa to Milan , leave the main track to visit Maren- go . A railway track runs through the field of Austerlitz , and hundreds pass along it every day without ...
... regard to any other of his numerous fields of battle . Few trav- ellers from Genoa to Milan , leave the main track to visit Maren- go . A railway track runs through the field of Austerlitz , and hundreds pass along it every day without ...
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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...