The Contemporary Review, Volume 4A. Strahan, 1867 |
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... direct compensation ; but perhaps it may be fairly argued as a set - off to this inconvenience , that the revenue of the country from this source would be increased , or at all events an indirect compensa- tion might easily be made by ...
... direct compensation ; but perhaps it may be fairly argued as a set - off to this inconvenience , that the revenue of the country from this source would be increased , or at all events an indirect compensa- tion might easily be made by ...
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... direct . Dr. Arnold set the example , which has been wisely followed in many schools since his time , of preaching to his scholars only once a day for not more than a quarter of an hour ; and yet ( we will not say in consequence of this ) ...
... direct . Dr. Arnold set the example , which has been wisely followed in many schools since his time , of preaching to his scholars only once a day for not more than a quarter of an hour ; and yet ( we will not say in consequence of this ) ...
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... direct appeals to the conscience , weakens the cogency of arguments , and to some minds leaves an air of misty uncertainty , or at least of unpracticalness , about the whole subject - matter of religion . A few words in conclusion as to ...
... direct appeals to the conscience , weakens the cogency of arguments , and to some minds leaves an air of misty uncertainty , or at least of unpracticalness , about the whole subject - matter of religion . A few words in conclusion as to ...
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... direct attention . He specifies particularly Burnouf's " Vendidad - Sadé , " 1829-1843 ; Brockhaus's edition of the same in Roman letters , with a Glossary ; and Professor Westergaard's complete edition of the Avesta . This latter work ...
... direct attention . He specifies particularly Burnouf's " Vendidad - Sadé , " 1829-1843 ; Brockhaus's edition of the same in Roman letters , with a Glossary ; and Professor Westergaard's complete edition of the Avesta . This latter work ...
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... direct for a great deal of the help given at the worst time and in the worst districts . The sixpences and pennies gathered ( as the scorners tell us ) after more or less foolish speeches by more or less ill - informed men , in dingy ...
... direct for a great deal of the help given at the worst time and in the worst districts . The sixpences and pennies gathered ( as the scorners tell us ) after more or less foolish speeches by more or less ill - informed men , in dingy ...
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Page 135 - Never glad confident morning again ! Best fight on well, for we taught him — strike gallantly, Menace our heart ere we master his own; Then let him receive the new knowledge and wait us, Pardoned in heaven, the first by the throne ! 'HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX...
Page 143 - Tis the weakness in strength, that I cry for! my flesh, that I seek In the Godhead! I seek and I find it. O Saul, it shall be A Face like my face that receives thee; a Man like to me, Thou shalt love and be loved by, for ever: a Hand like this hand Shall throw open the gates of new life to thee! See the Christ stand!
Page 145 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 143 - The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair.
Page 143 - The very God! think, Abib; dost thou think? So, the All-Great, were the All-Loving too — So, through the thunder comes a human voice Saying, "O heart I made, a heart beats here! "Face, my hands fashioned, see it in myself! "Thou hast no power nor may'st conceive of mine, "But love I gave thee, with myself to love, "And thou must love me who have died for thee!
Page 145 - My own hope is, a sun will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched ; That, after Last, returns the First, Though a wide compass round be fetched ; That what began best, can't end worst, Nor what God blessed once, prove accurst.
Page 143 - Would I suffer for him that I love? So wouldst Thou— so wilt Thou! So shall crown Thee the topmost, ineffablest, uttermost crown — And Thy love fill infinitude wholly, nor leave up nor down One spot for the creature to stand in! It is by no breath, Turn of eye, wave of hand, that salvation joins issue with death!
Page 145 - So, take and use Thy work : Amend what flaws may lurk, What strain o' the stuff, what warpings past the aim ! My times be in Thy hand ! Perfect the cup as planned ! Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same ! A DEATH IN THE DESERT.
Page 546 - And here it is to be noted that the Minister at the time of the communion, and all other times of his ministration, shall use such ornaments in the Church, as were in use by authority of Parliament, in the second year of the reign of King Edward the Sixth...
Page 142 - He holds on firmly to some thread of life — (It is the life to lead perforcedly) — Which runs across some vast distracting orb Of glory on either side that meagre thread, Which, conscious of, he must not enter yet — The spiritual life around the earthly life! The law of that is known to him as this — His heart and brain move there, his feet stay here.