The Southern Review, Volumen5Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick Bledsoe and Browne, 1869 |
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... appear to us ? This would , per- haps , be the proper inference , if these philosophers , as they are called , had not arraigned all past ages on the charge of downright stupidity and folly . The age , which despises the past , has no ...
... appear to us ? This would , per- haps , be the proper inference , if these philosophers , as they are called , had not arraigned all past ages on the charge of downright stupidity and folly . The age , which despises the past , has no ...
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... appears to be about one hundred and eighty - six thousand , five hundred miles per second . The discovery of the aberration of light by Dr. Bradley , in 1727 , afforded a means of confirming this almost incredible re- sult . Though we ...
... appears to be about one hundred and eighty - six thousand , five hundred miles per second . The discovery of the aberration of light by Dr. Bradley , in 1727 , afforded a means of confirming this almost incredible re- sult . Though we ...
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... appear uniformly white at first ; but growing thinner at the top by the descent of the fluid particles , colors will soon be exhibited there . These colors will arrange themselves in horizontal rings and constantly move downwards to ...
... appear uniformly white at first ; but growing thinner at the top by the descent of the fluid particles , colors will soon be exhibited there . These colors will arrange themselves in horizontal rings and constantly move downwards to ...
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... appears double . The ray from it is split into two , one of which takes nearly the ordinary course , and is hence called the ... appear with different amounts of distinctness , and , as the plate of tourmaline is turned round , one will ...
... appears double . The ray from it is split into two , one of which takes nearly the ordinary course , and is hence called the ... appear with different amounts of distinctness , and , as the plate of tourmaline is turned round , one will ...
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... appear to be some incon- gruity between the nature of his employment in India , and the nature of his employment in Europe . But there is one recon- ciling feature which stands out conspicuously in both . In each instance he acted in ...
... appear to be some incon- gruity between the nature of his employment in India , and the nature of his employment in Europe . But there is one recon- ciling feature which stands out conspicuously in both . In each instance he acted in ...
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 120 - Father, being animated with a laudable, and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.