Side-lights on Scripture TextsHodder and Stoughton, 1877 - 376 páginas |
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... expressing that opinion , constitutes a political power . " Mr. Lister's Conservative parson quotes against his Whig peer the " approved axiom " that know- ledge is power , and objects that surely you give a dangerous power to the ...
... expressing that opinion , constitutes a political power . " Mr. Lister's Conservative parson quotes against his Whig peer the " approved axiom " that know- ledge is power , and objects that surely you give a dangerous power to the ...
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... expressing much more definitely the phenomenon with which the Tower of Babel is familiarly associated . Worthy and inquiring Mr. John Evelyn records in his Diary how he " had some discourse with certain strangers not un- learned , who ...
... expressing much more definitely the phenomenon with which the Tower of Babel is familiarly associated . Worthy and inquiring Mr. John Evelyn records in his Diary how he " had some discourse with certain strangers not un- learned , who ...
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... expression of pity on his companions ' part : " But spare your pity , if there be in me Aught that deserves respect , for I exist , Within myself , not comfortless . " Jean Paul tells us of Siebenkäs that he would have indignantly ...
... expression of pity on his companions ' part : " But spare your pity , if there be in me Aught that deserves respect , for I exist , Within myself , not comfortless . " Jean Paul tells us of Siebenkäs that he would have indignantly ...
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... expressing a doubt whether the reader would readily appre- hend his reasoning ( on the idea of necessary connexion ) , he added , " I am afraid that , should I multiply words about it , it would only become more obscure and intricate ...
... expressing a doubt whether the reader would readily appre- hend his reasoning ( on the idea of necessary connexion ) , he added , " I am afraid that , should I multiply words about it , it would only become more obscure and intricate ...
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... expression , to contain the least meaning in proportion to the verbiage . State Papers which deal verbosely in platitudes and generalities , and affect to enunciate first prin- ciples , when the discussion is of matters temporary and ...
... expression , to contain the least meaning in proportion to the verbiage . State Papers which deal verbosely in platitudes and generalities , and affect to enunciate first prin- ciples , when the discussion is of matters temporary and ...
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admiration anger animals asked become better breath called carbonic acid Coleridge death decay discourse divine doth duty earth envy eternal Eutychus evil exclaims eyes feel flattery fool Francis Jeffrey friends Gallio genius give grave hand happy Hartley Coleridge hath hear heart heaven human ignorance John Julius Hare kind King knowledge labour less listener live look Lord Lord Althorp Lord Lytton Madame Madame de Staël Martha matter mind moral nature nerves never night observes ocean once pain perhaps philosopher pity poet praise preacher Rehoboam remarks Robert South says seems sense silence Sir Walter Scott sleep sorrow sort soul speak speech spirit strong success suffering sympathy talk tells thee things thou thought thousand told tongue tree utterance Victor Hugo virtue voice Warren Hastings Washington Irving waters weak wise words writes young
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Página 195 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Página 212 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : • Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 142 - And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Página 128 - And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant : " Go up now, look toward the sea.
Página 267 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born ; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawninoAnother blue Day: ' : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Página 147 - With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
Página 291 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 319 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 275 - And whether we shall meet again I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take : For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius ! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile ; If not, why then, this parting was well made.
Página 274 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.