An Introduction to a Course of German Literature: In Lectures to the Students of the University of LondonJ. Taylor, 1830 - 157 pages |
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... became , in the hands of Providence , the means of sustaining that pure and genuine creed of a single and omnipotent God , which had been gradually lost in the other nations of the earth amidst the increase of immorality . But , it is ...
... became , in the hands of Providence , the means of sustaining that pure and genuine creed of a single and omnipotent God , which had been gradually lost in the other nations of the earth amidst the increase of immorality . But , it is ...
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... became an object of popular ap- plause . The period of Roscius was of short duration ; and a rhapsodist after the Grecian style must soon have yielded to the gladiator , had both at once been candidates for popular applause ; nay ...
... became an object of popular ap- plause . The period of Roscius was of short duration ; and a rhapsodist after the Grecian style must soon have yielded to the gladiator , had both at once been candidates for popular applause ; nay ...
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... became an incumbrance , when the Roman spirit had left the colossal form , and there were none to strengthen and cement its loosening joints , still it proceeded slowly in its unavoidable decay . The empire of Alexander , on the ...
... became an incumbrance , when the Roman spirit had left the colossal form , and there were none to strengthen and cement its loosening joints , still it proceeded slowly in its unavoidable decay . The empire of Alexander , on the ...
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... became the benefactors of mankind , the teachers of their conquerors . The haughty , rude , but uncorrupted sons of Nature , bowed to the dust before the cross , presented to them by the vanquished Romans , whose sword they had broken ...
... became the benefactors of mankind , the teachers of their conquerors . The haughty , rude , but uncorrupted sons of Nature , bowed to the dust before the cross , presented to them by the vanquished Romans , whose sword they had broken ...
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... became more extended ; as , in the individual , every degree of cultivation , however partial , strengthens the mental power . It was requisite that the hu- man race should pass through the different periods of improvement , in order to ...
... became more extended ; as , in the individual , every degree of cultivation , however partial , strengthens the mental power . It was requisite that the hu- man race should pass through the different periods of improvement , in order to ...
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Page 154 - Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ein' gute Wehr und Waffen, Er hilft uns frei aus aller Not, Die uns jetzt hat betroffen. Der alt' böse Feind Mit Ernst er's jetzt meint; Groß' Macht und viel List Sein' grausam Rüstung ist, Auf Erd
Page 59 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows reason at religion's sight; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.