The Southern Review, Volume 5Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick Bledsoe and Browne, 1869 |
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... existence of a fluid of great tenuity pervading cosmical space , which is called the ether . The luminous body is supposed to put the ether into vibration , as a sonorous body excites vibrations in the air . The lumini- ferous waves ...
... existence of a fluid of great tenuity pervading cosmical space , which is called the ether . The luminous body is supposed to put the ether into vibration , as a sonorous body excites vibrations in the air . The lumini- ferous waves ...
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... existence . Indeed , he is so per- sonally present in his writings , that he was a familiar acquain- tance of ours even before we read his Life by Lady Gordon . No hypocricies concealed , and no conventionalities disguised , either the ...
... existence . Indeed , he is so per- sonally present in his writings , that he was a familiar acquain- tance of ours even before we read his Life by Lady Gordon . No hypocricies concealed , and no conventionalities disguised , either the ...
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... existence , which this periodical had made under the editor- ship of Cleghorn and Pringle , and under the name of The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine , Wilson had anonymously con- tributed some poems . But when , as his biographer says ...
... existence , which this periodical had made under the editor- ship of Cleghorn and Pringle , and under the name of The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine , Wilson had anonymously con- tributed some poems . But when , as his biographer says ...
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... existence of a simple na- ture - worship , in which the air occupies a prominent place under the name of Dyaus or Zeus ; and they further furnish materials for tracing the progress of mythological development through the stages of the ...
... existence of a simple na- ture - worship , in which the air occupies a prominent place under the name of Dyaus or Zeus ; and they further furnish materials for tracing the progress of mythological development through the stages of the ...
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... existence of a real interest in the matter , and proves that we may rely on the cultivated consciousness of our people , with whom now education is not an accomplishment , but a ne- cessity . And if so much has been done , then ...
... existence of a real interest in the matter , and proves that we may rely on the cultivated consciousness of our people , with whom now education is not an accomplishment , but a ne- cessity . And if so much has been done , then ...
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Page 258 - 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...
Page 326 - 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 300 - 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 473 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 120 - Father, being animated with a laudable, and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire...
Page 258 - 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...
Page 127 - 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 208 - ... on a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence and abuse of power, by the majority trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions which, in republics, have more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism.
Page 357 - It is experience only which gives authority to human testimony; and it is the same experience which assures us of the laws of nature.