The Eclectic Review, Volume 22; Volume 40Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood C. Taylor, 1824 - English literature |
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... Truth , and when the spider wrought her web from year to year without disturbance over the records of mind , -that in those days , as in these , placid lakes reflected bright bluet skies , and dashing streams sparkled in the rays of an ...
... Truth , and when the spider wrought her web from year to year without disturbance over the records of mind , -that in those days , as in these , placid lakes reflected bright bluet skies , and dashing streams sparkled in the rays of an ...
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... truth of a judgement to come held its place in their fears ; and , in the day of their calamity , they returned to the faith , and paid it the homage of their terrors , their penitence , and their alms . But in this age , the manners of ...
... truth of a judgement to come held its place in their fears ; and , in the day of their calamity , they returned to the faith , and paid it the homage of their terrors , their penitence , and their alms . But in this age , the manners of ...
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... truth in both , will be accomplished by means that shall prevent and surprise all human calculations . In the mean time , the duty of those to whom are committed the oracles of God , is matter of no question or doubt . And if , during a ...
... truth in both , will be accomplished by means that shall prevent and surprise all human calculations . In the mean time , the duty of those to whom are committed the oracles of God , is matter of no question or doubt . And if , during a ...
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... truth to be heard , even within the courts of kings , —of those benefactors of the human race whose lessons were misunder- stood by their contemporaries . The day which they announced , has arisen upon us ; -for , to us it is permitted ...
... truth to be heard , even within the courts of kings , —of those benefactors of the human race whose lessons were misunder- stood by their contemporaries . The day which they announced , has arisen upon us ; -for , to us it is permitted ...
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... truths it contains , -to induce the volatile mind to commence a study which demands a de- gree of attention , -to ... truth , is such as should assign it an elevated rank among works of imagination , if reasons of a higher kind did ...
... truths it contains , -to induce the volatile mind to commence a study which demands a de- gree of attention , -to ... truth , is such as should assign it an elevated rank among works of imagination , if reasons of a higher kind did ...
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Page 357 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 248 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 468 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life...
Page 248 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 357 - And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Page 494 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 261 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 323 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 220 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 430 - Not in the least," replied the pendulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions." *'" Very good," replied the dial; " but recollect, that though you may think of a million strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but one; and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in.