The Quarterly review, Volume 41Murray, 1829 |
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... land in a body merely for conscience sake ; and , indeed , the weavers of Glastonbury ( for to them we more especially allude ) appear , in many respects , to have realised the picture we have drawn . Nay , so far from dead to religious ...
... land in a body merely for conscience sake ; and , indeed , the weavers of Glastonbury ( for to them we more especially allude ) appear , in many respects , to have realised the picture we have drawn . Nay , so far from dead to religious ...
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... land , and the quickening spirit which alone can stay its progress . He pursues the cause and the cure , through all the great establishments by which our national character is formed our schools , our colleges , our hospitals , our ...
... land , and the quickening spirit which alone can stay its progress . He pursues the cause and the cure , through all the great establishments by which our national character is formed our schools , our colleges , our hospitals , our ...
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... land of lakes in all directions ; and again and again should we have retraced our steps in the wildest recesses of these vales and mountains , and lived over the past again , if he had not , too early for all who loved him , " Began the ...
... land of lakes in all directions ; and again and again should we have retraced our steps in the wildest recesses of these vales and mountains , and lived over the past again , if he had not , too early for all who loved him , " Began the ...
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... Land and Sea , Lord of the Celestial ( Saddan ) Elephant , Lord of all White Elephants , Master of the Supernatural Weapon , ( Sakya , ) Sovereign Controller of the present state of existence , Great King of Righteousness , Object of ...
... Land and Sea , Lord of the Celestial ( Saddan ) Elephant , Lord of all White Elephants , Master of the Supernatural Weapon , ( Sakya , ) Sovereign Controller of the present state of existence , Great King of Righteousness , Object of ...
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... land , being , at the same time , so upright a dealer , that none who so purchased was put to the charge of threepence to make his title . ' Shortly after the acces- sion of Charles , he was compelled to part with Hinchinbrooke itself ...
... land , being , at the same time , so upright a dealer , that none who so purchased was put to the charge of threepence to make his title . ' Shortly after the acces- sion of Charles , he was compelled to part with Hinchinbrooke itself ...
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Page 366 - THE annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Page 180 - Delusion, therefore, where there IS no frenzy or raving madness, is the true character of insanity ; and where it cannot be predicated of a man standing for life or death for a crime, he ought not, in my opinion, to be acquitted ; and if courts of law were to be governed by any other principle, every departure from sober, rational conduct would be an emancipation from criminal justice. I shall place my claim to your verdict upon no such dangerous foundation.
Page 94 - The correspondence of one verse, or line, with another, I call parallelism. When a proposition is delivered, and a second is subjoined to it, or drawn under it, equivalent, or contrasted with it, in sense ; or similar to it in the form of grammatical construction; these I call parallel lines; and the words or phrases, answering one to another in the corresponding lines, parallel terms.
Page 285 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 6 - God (to whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hidden...
Page 242 - 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...