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When I spoke to you before , I appealed to the motto which is written over this
ancient hall' Αιέν αριστεύειν — and dwelling on the inspiring force of the
contemplation of GREATNESS în all its forms , I endeavoured to show how bright
was the ...
When I spoke to you before , I appealed to the motto which is written over this
ancient hall' Αιέν αριστεύειν — and dwelling on the inspiring force of the
contemplation of GREATNESS în all its forms , I endeavoured to show how bright
was the ...
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Superstitions which seemed Evening star , according to the fine to have died
away have returned image of the poet , which is the accomwith redoubled force ;
fantastic ideas paniment of the setting day , may be of divine and human things ...
Superstitions which seemed Evening star , according to the fine to have died
away have returned image of the poet , which is the accomwith redoubled force ;
fantastic ideas paniment of the setting day , may be of divine and human things ...
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... Christian Scriptures , and of the dogmatic systems built upon them , it is certain
that their original force and grace is far more keenly appreciated now than it was
when they were overlaid with fanciful allegories and scholastic perversions .
... Christian Scriptures , and of the dogmatic systems built upon them , it is certain
that their original force and grace is far more keenly appreciated now than it was
when they were overlaid with fanciful allegories and scholastic perversions .
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Let us learn by experience to use with moderation arguments which , at least for
the present , have lost their force . Let us acknowledge that there are greater
miracles , more convincing miracles , than those which appeal only to our sense
of ...
Let us learn by experience to use with moderation arguments which , at least for
the present , have lost their force . Let us acknowledge that there are greater
miracles , more convincing miracles , than those which appeal only to our sense
of ...
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... than to the combined forces transcendent value of the spiritual and of
Episcopacy and Presbytery in the the unseen , are cherished possessions Synod
of Dordrecht . When we cast of the philosophers of our generation , our eyes over
the ...
... than to the combined forces transcendent value of the spiritual and of
Episcopacy and Presbytery in the the unseen , are cherished possessions Synod
of Dordrecht . When we cast of the philosophers of our generation , our eyes over
the ...
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Page 380 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in— glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 295 - They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad: so may my husband.
Page 4 - I beseech you remember, it is an article 'of your church covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written word of God.
Page 296 - Therefore every honourable connexion will avow it is their first purpose, to pursue every just method to put the men who hold their opinions into such a condition as may enable them to carry their common plans into execution, with all the power and authority of the state.
Page 296 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 216 - A voice as of the cherub-choir Gales from blooming Eden bear, And distant warblings lessen on my ear That lost in long futurity expire.
Page 493 - M'ôter, pour faire bien, du grenier de céans Cette longue lunette à faire peur aux gens, Et cent brimborions dont l'aspect importune; Ne point aller chercher ce qu'on fait dans la lune, Et vous mêler un peu de ce qu'on fait chez vous, Où nous voyons aller tout sens dessus dessous.
Page 493 - Saturne, et Mars, dont je n'ai point affaire; Et dans ce vain savoir, qu'on va chercher si loin, On ne sait comme va mon pot, dont j'ai besoin. Mes gens à la science aspirent pour vous plaire , Et tous ne font rien moins que ce qu'ils ont à faire; Raisonner est l'emploi de toute ma maison; Et le raisonnement en bannit la raison.
Page 4 - Christian charity's sake, to admonish us of the same in writing ; and we, upon our honour and fidelity, do promise unto him satisfaction from the mouth of God, that is, from his holy scriptures, or else reformation of that which he shall prove to be amiss.
Page 375 - But see, his face is black and full of blood, His eye-balls further out than when he lived, Staring full ghastly like a strangled man; His hair uprear'd, his nostrils stretch'd with struggling; His hands abroad display'd, as one that grasp'd And tugg'd for life and was by strength subdued...