The Quarterly Review, Volume 41John Murray, 1829 - English literature |
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... Probably he would not allow a man to preach for him ? " Yes , I'll answer for it , provided you don't preach at him , as a good many of your cloth have a trick of doing . ' 2107 Many , indeed , did so ; and in those fierce invectives ...
... Probably he would not allow a man to preach for him ? " Yes , I'll answer for it , provided you don't preach at him , as a good many of your cloth have a trick of doing . ' 2107 Many , indeed , did so ; and in those fierce invectives ...
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... probably , more learning and charity , with certainly far less hypocrisy , than themselves . Nay , more , these very fraternities , ( their system carrying disunion along with it , like the modern system of non- conformity , ) not ...
... probably , more learning and charity , with certainly far less hypocrisy , than themselves . Nay , more , these very fraternities , ( their system carrying disunion along with it , like the modern system of non- conformity , ) not ...
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... probably ) to reign over them . He knows little and cares less about their customs , and privileges , and laws . Upon this what does the pope ? He persuades the archbishop of Canterbury to become his legate , ( the possession of such ...
... probably ) to reign over them . He knows little and cares less about their customs , and privileges , and laws . Upon this what does the pope ? He persuades the archbishop of Canterbury to become his legate , ( the possession of such ...
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... probably , more easily made Dissenters , than they can be brought back to the fold which they have once forsaken . ' Montesinos . - Men , who have received this higher education , sel- dom enter into the ranks of dissent ; their ...
... probably , more easily made Dissenters , than they can be brought back to the fold which they have once forsaken . ' Montesinos . - Men , who have received this higher education , sel- dom enter into the ranks of dissent ; their ...
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... probably intended to resemble . I was told that it was of entire , gold , and it had all the appearance of being studded with abun- dance of rubies and sapphires . In his right hand his majesty held what is called in India a chowrie ...
... probably intended to resemble . I was told that it was of entire , gold , and it had all the appearance of being studded with abun- dance of rubies and sapphires . In his right hand his majesty held what is called in India a chowrie ...
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Page 17 - The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry ; Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs, by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast...
Page 136 - Iberos veteres traiecisse easque sedes occupasse fidem faciunt. Proximi Gallis et similes sunt, seu durante originis vi, seu procurrentibus in diversa terris positio coeli corporibus habitum dedit.
Page 240 - God wot! not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, nor being content that they live in rest and pleasure — nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal publick — leave no ground for tillage; they enclose all into pastures, they throw down houses, they pluck down towns, and leave nothing standing but only the church to be made a sheephouse.
Page 240 - I) your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up, and swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
Page 284 - MAWE'S (HL) Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, crossing the Andes in the Northern Provinces of Peru, and descending the great River Maranon.
Page 296 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 447 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 299 - POETRY, written at the close of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries...
Page 291 - Twere almost sacrilege to sing Those notes amid the glare of day ; Notes borne by angels' purest wing, And wafted by their breath away. When, sleeping in my grass-grown bed, Shouldst thou still linger here above, Wilt thou not kneel beside my head, And, sister, sing the song I love?
Page 290 - WHEN evening spreads her shades around, And darkness fills the arch of heaven , When not a murmur, not a sound To Fancy's sportive ear is given; When the broad orb of heaven is bright, And looks around with golden eye; When Nature...