The American Eclectic, 2. köideAbsalom Peters, Selah Burr Treat, John Holmes Agnew W.R. Peters, 1841 |
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... never exceeding a very few leaves . The earliest book printed from the movable types of Gutenberg is generally believed to be the Latin Bible , commonly called the Mazarin Bible . This appears to have been executed in 1455. An almanac ...
... never exceeding a very few leaves . The earliest book printed from the movable types of Gutenberg is generally believed to be the Latin Bible , commonly called the Mazarin Bible . This appears to have been executed in 1455. An almanac ...
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... never , probably , excelled in that class of poetry . But from the Latin works of Luther few readers , I be- lieve , will rise without disappointment . Their intemperance , their coarse- ness , their inelegance , their scurrility ...
... never , probably , excelled in that class of poetry . But from the Latin works of Luther few readers , I be- lieve , will rise without disappointment . Their intemperance , their coarse- ness , their inelegance , their scurrility ...
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... never swerved from the path of labor , and , it might be , suffer- ing in the cause which they deemed that of God . All self - sacrifice in such circumstances , especially of the highly gifted and accomplished , though the bigot steels ...
... never swerved from the path of labor , and , it might be , suffer- ing in the cause which they deemed that of God . All self - sacrifice in such circumstances , especially of the highly gifted and accomplished , though the bigot steels ...
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... never escape the condemnation of severe judges . Tasso , doubtless , bears a considerable resemblance to Virgil . But independently of the vast advantages which the Latin language pos- sesses in majesty and vigor , and which render ...
... never escape the condemnation of severe judges . Tasso , doubtless , bears a considerable resemblance to Virgil . But independently of the vast advantages which the Latin language pos- sesses in majesty and vigor , and which render ...
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... never affectedly obscure , is not so pellucid , and has a certain refinement which makes us sometimes pause to perceive the meaning . Whoever reads Ariosto slowly will probably be offended by his negligence ; whoever reads Tasso quickly ...
... never affectedly obscure , is not so pellucid , and has a certain refinement which makes us sometimes pause to perceive the meaning . Whoever reads Ariosto slowly will probably be offended by his negligence ; whoever reads Tasso quickly ...
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Page 450 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 557 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards divine mysteries.
Page 256 - Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you : for we seek your God, as ye do ; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Page 483 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Page 108 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly SETTLED, administered, and observed.
Page 559 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 559 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Page 109 - ... truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.
Page 441 - England, no nor the harmony of protestant confessions ; but that wherein they all agree, and which they all subscribe with a greater harmony, as a perfect rule of their faith and actions ; that is, the Bible. The Bible, I say, the Bible only, is the religion of protestants...
Page 482 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...