The Life of William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester from 1760 to 1779: With Remarks on His WorksLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - 655 pages |
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... nature load , And with fantastic dainties heap thy board . Enough of Warburton's attempts at versification . But we must not dismiss the volume without a glance at the Dedication , which , in an unlucky hour , he took a fancy to write ...
... nature load , And with fantastic dainties heap thy board . Enough of Warburton's attempts at versification . But we must not dismiss the volume without a glance at the Dedication , which , in an unlucky hour , he took a fancy to write ...
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... nature , or of his subject , or of both ; so that when he wanted sagacity or knowledge to ascertain causes of events , or motives of actions , and to discern the clue that ought to guide him through his labyrinth , he had recourse to ...
... nature , or of his subject , or of both ; so that when he wanted sagacity or knowledge to ascertain causes of events , or motives of actions , and to discern the clue that ought to guide him through his labyrinth , he had recourse to ...
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... nature would interfere with the course and harmony of the whole system of things , yet He , assuredly , who or- dered and presides over all , can give new laws , for a time , to any particular portion of matter , without altering the ...
... nature would interfere with the course and harmony of the whole system of things , yet He , assuredly , who or- dered and presides over all , can give new laws , for a time , to any particular portion of matter , without altering the ...
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... nature . Theobald , after expressing his wonder that Pope should let this pass for sense , happily alters the last line to Past question , for thou seest it does not curl by nature . Pope allowed a well - known passage in Measure for ...
... nature . Theobald , after expressing his wonder that Pope should let this pass for sense , happily alters the last line to Past question , for thou seest it does not curl by nature . Pope allowed a well - known passage in Measure for ...
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... nature of his conduct in it . And I , in my conscience , believe that he had no more suspicion of any fraud carrying on by some in the direction than I had . That he was guilty of neglect and negligence as a director is certain ; but it ...
... nature of his conduct in it . And I , in my conscience , believe that he had no more suspicion of any fraud carrying on by some in the direction than I had . That he was guilty of neglect and negligence as a director is certain ; but it ...
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Page 147 - God loves from Whole to Parts: but human soul Must rise from Individual to the Whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 513 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 12 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 79 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 340 - And thus an end was put to this sedition. " [Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man ; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ.
Page 151 - ... you have made my system as clear as I ought to have done, and could not. It is indeed the same system as mine, but illustrated with a ray of your own, as they say our natural body is the same still when it is glorified 4.
Page 143 - Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 653 - A GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON. Compiled by HG LIDDELL, DD Dean of Christ Church, and R. SCOTT, DD Dean of Rochester.