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... tion in grammar , which would convert into a rule of the English language the patois of some little district or village . For example ; not far from the place where I am writing , is a small collection of people , who have , no one ...
... tion in grammar , which would convert into a rule of the English language the patois of some little district or village . For example ; not far from the place where I am writing , is a small collection of people , who have , no one ...
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... tion of some readers may be excited and pleased by the in- genuity of such devices , but the sober understanding and judgment of none can be satisfied . That must always be a wavering and uncertain state of mind , which follows the ...
... tion of some readers may be excited and pleased by the in- genuity of such devices , but the sober understanding and judgment of none can be satisfied . That must always be a wavering and uncertain state of mind , which follows the ...
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... tion . Nothing but divine authority for such a mode of in- terpretation would make it proper to practise it . But secondly , there are other difficulties in abundance e ; and a few of them must be brought into notice . The very name ...
... tion . Nothing but divine authority for such a mode of in- terpretation would make it proper to practise it . But secondly , there are other difficulties in abundance e ; and a few of them must be brought into notice . The very name ...
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... tion ? I can see no other . If then we should resort to in- spiration as the guide — whose inspiration , or alleged inspi- ration , is to be trusted ? I am aware that there are claim- ants , even on this ground . But we are not ...
... tion ? I can see no other . If then we should resort to in- spiration as the guide — whose inspiration , or alleged inspi- ration , is to be trusted ? I am aware that there are claim- ants , even on this ground . But we are not ...
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... tion . You smile perhaps still more , when one tells you of the preacher , who selected Cant . 1 : 9 for his text , ( in which the bride is compared to the horses in Pharaoh's chariot ) , and drew from its occult meaning eighty - two ...
... tion . You smile perhaps still more , when one tells you of the preacher , who selected Cant . 1 : 9 for his text , ( in which the bride is compared to the horses in Pharaoh's chariot ) , and drew from its occult meaning eighty - two ...
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