Select Journal of Foreign Periodical Literature, Volume 1; Volume 3Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom Charles Bowen, 1834 - American periodicals |
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... scarcely more substantial , have arisen , it is a singular , and on the whole a consoling feature , that at the bottom of one and all of them lies the admission of the necessity of a faith , -a religion . The St.- Simonian , the ...
... scarcely more substantial , have arisen , it is a singular , and on the whole a consoling feature , that at the bottom of one and all of them lies the admission of the necessity of a faith , -a religion . The St.- Simonian , the ...
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... scarcely possessed of mere reality . Our meaning is , that , though it admits no alliance with the invisible world , but , on the contrary , Heaven knows , is materi- al enough ; though it professes to paint actions , motives ...
... scarcely possessed of mere reality . Our meaning is , that , though it admits no alliance with the invisible world , but , on the contrary , Heaven knows , is materi- al enough ; though it professes to paint actions , motives ...
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... scarcely any humane or generous emotion leavens the mass of licentiousness , incest , and murder , in which they deal , we regret to think , that , instead of disengaging himself more and more from the evil influences of his day , they ...
... scarcely any humane or generous emotion leavens the mass of licentiousness , incest , and murder , in which they deal , we regret to think , that , instead of disengaging himself more and more from the evil influences of his day , they ...
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... scarcely necessary to say , that his Royal Highness was no winner by his horses , nor indeed by any- thing else ; and we much fear that his heavy speculations on the turf were among the chief causes of those pecuniary embarrass- ments ...
... scarcely necessary to say , that his Royal Highness was no winner by his horses , nor indeed by any- thing else ; and we much fear that his heavy speculations on the turf were among the chief causes of those pecuniary embarrass- ments ...
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... scarcely comprehend ; for in England the govern- ment is looked up to , as able to do all good and remedy all evil . Yet much depends upon our statesmen of the better class ; and it is earnestly to be desired that they may be high ...
... scarcely comprehend ; for in England the govern- ment is looked up to , as able to do all good and remedy all evil . Yet much depends upon our statesmen of the better class ; and it is earnestly to be desired that they may be high ...
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Page 25 - And I will combat with weak Menelaus, And wear thy colours on my plumed crest; Yea, I will wound Achilles in the heel, And then return to Helen for a kiss.
Page 202 - This simple code of religion and morality is so admirably calculated to elevate men's ideas to high and liberal notions of one God, who has equally subjected all living creatures, without distinction of caste, rank, or wealth, to change, disappointment, pain and death, and has equally admitted all to be partakers of the bountiful mercies which he has lavished over nature, and is also so well fitted to regulate the conduct of the human race in the discharge of their various duties to God, to themselves,...
Page 18 - What song the syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.
Page 61 - ... subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword; out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 107 - When I had reached the age of twenty, my father recalled me and restored me to his favour; after which I first saw and began to associate with Europeans, and soon after made myself tolerably acquainted with their laws and form of government. Finding them generally more intelligent...
Page 17 - The sun illuminates the hills, while it is still below the horizon ; and truth is discovered by the highest minds a little before it becomes manifest to the multitude. This is the extent of their superiority. They are the first to catch and reflect a light, which, without their assistance, must, in a short time, be visible to those who lie far beneath them.
Page 240 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Page 14 - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Page 205 - A Second Conference between an Advocate for, and an Opponent of, the practice of burning Widows alive.
Page 60 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.