Literary Characteristics and Achievements of the BiblePoe & Hitchcock, 1863 - 368 páginas |
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... Christians ; yet the structure of an epic poem would often re- quire that he should so modify them . With a fine sense of this difficulty , he chose the narrow basis of the temptation in the wilderness , because the whole had been ...
... Christians ; yet the structure of an epic poem would often re- quire that he should so modify them . With a fine sense of this difficulty , he chose the narrow basis of the temptation in the wilderness , because the whole had been ...
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... Christianity , it must be confessed that so far they have a diminishing value . For , removed by centuries from the date of their performance , we can scarcely be said to be in so favorable a position to feel their full force , as those ...
... Christianity , it must be confessed that so far they have a diminishing value . For , removed by centuries from the date of their performance , we can scarcely be said to be in so favorable a position to feel their full force , as those ...
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... Christianity neither of them , have nevertheless become witnesses to its truth . They could not describe what they saw among the ruined cities of the East , without repeating almost the identical words of the ancient seers . In copying ...
... Christianity neither of them , have nevertheless become witnesses to its truth . They could not describe what they saw among the ruined cities of the East , without repeating almost the identical words of the ancient seers . In copying ...
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... Christianity ; this other witness is Rousseau : " I will confess to you , further , that the majesty of the Scripture strikes me with admiration , as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart . Peruse the works of our ...
... Christianity ; this other witness is Rousseau : " I will confess to you , further , that the majesty of the Scripture strikes me with admiration , as the purity of the Gospel hath its influence on my heart . Peruse the works of our ...
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... Christianity crossed its waters . Still , we venture to affirm that if the land of Homer , of Demosthenes , and of Phidias , had enjoyed that volume which is the sole divine interpreter of nature and of God , the truest expositor of ...
... Christianity crossed its waters . Still , we venture to affirm that if the land of Homer , of Demosthenes , and of Phidias , had enjoyed that volume which is the sole divine interpreter of nature and of God , the truest expositor of ...
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Página 137 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Página 69 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Página 93 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Página 68 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
Página 80 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Página 79 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Página 75 - Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, thou knowest.
Página 84 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps ; Fire and hail ; snow and vapor ; stormy wind fulfilling His word ; Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all cedars ; Beasts and all cattle ; creeping things and flying fowl ; HARVEST SERVICE OR THANKSGIVING.
Página 115 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 122 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.