Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 94W. Blackwood & Sons, 1863 |
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... truth introduced by so vast a majority of instances - viz . , that a man who cannot win fame in his own age , will have very small chance of winning it from posterity . True , there are some half - dozen excep- tions to this truth among ...
... truth introduced by so vast a majority of instances - viz . , that a man who cannot win fame in his own age , will have very small chance of winning it from posterity . True , there are some half - dozen excep- tions to this truth among ...
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... truth little boys , little as we were then , of all those propositions , may it not do talk of us , do point to the be possible , seeing how far the • --- bones to set , no limbs to amputate - no 14 [ July , Caxtoniana : a Series of ...
... truth little boys , little as we were then , of all those propositions , may it not do talk of us , do point to the be possible , seeing how far the • --- bones to set , no limbs to amputate - no 14 [ July , Caxtoniana : a Series of ...
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... truth clipped or counter- go on through eternity sculpturing and painting ? Orators , to whom , here , we accord such popular re- nown , would find small profit from Quintilian's lessons , in realms where nothing wrong can be de- fended ...
... truth clipped or counter- go on through eternity sculpturing and painting ? Orators , to whom , here , we accord such popular re- nown , would find small profit from Quintilian's lessons , in realms where nothing wrong can be de- fended ...
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... truth which he now vainly anticipates as the consummation of his intellectual happiness . " Thus the genuis , and even the desire , of philosophy ceases in any state of being where truth ceases to be un- certain . The special talents of ...
... truth which he now vainly anticipates as the consummation of his intellectual happiness . " Thus the genuis , and even the desire , of philosophy ceases in any state of being where truth ceases to be un- certain . The special talents of ...
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... truth , and the light , for no better reason than that they discard all the elements of beauty and gran- deur , and all the facilities for afford ing an accurate transcript of nature , which the genius of the great masters has from time ...
... truth , and the light , for no better reason than that they discard all the elements of beauty and gran- deur , and all the facilities for afford ing an accurate transcript of nature , which the genius of the great masters has from time ...
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Page 336 - Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Page 121 - The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ' and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Page 59 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Page 374 - ... to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance, and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, 'All this will come right in the end ; we'll talk it over afterwards ; but, in the meantime, all good men must rally. We want all good and true men just now,
Page 60 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 373 - The devil you wouldn't! I would like to have missed it very much; we've attacked and been repulsed; look there!' For the first time I then had a view of the open space between the two positions and saw it covered with Confederates, slowly and sulkily returning towards us in small broken parties, under a heavy fire of artillery.
Page 602 - ... it is very possible that I may have said things which a profound observer of national character would hesitate to sanction, though never any, I verily believe, that had not more or less of truth. If they be true, there is no reason in the world why they should not be said. Not an Englishman of them all ever spared America for courtesy's sake or kindness...
Page 340 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Page 373 - After passing General Lee and his Staff, I rode on through the woods in the direction in which I had left Longstreet. I soon began to meet many wounded men returning from the front; many of them asked in piteous tones the way to a doctor or an ambulance. The further I got, the greater became the number of the wounded. At last I came to a perfect stream of them...