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... deal of the mist that had been gathering round the Types , as well as cast a very considerable light upon the whole subject . " — Preby- terian Review . " It is a very important and valuable work . The inquiry is conducted in a way ...
... deal of the mist that had been gathering round the Types , as well as cast a very considerable light upon the whole subject . " — Preby- terian Review . " It is a very important and valuable work . The inquiry is conducted in a way ...
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... deal with any subject imperfectly and partially . Hence it rises to the generalization of principles into systems , and applies to the broad and general the discriminating judgment it has acquired in its dealings with the particular ...
... deal with any subject imperfectly and partially . Hence it rises to the generalization of principles into systems , and applies to the broad and general the discriminating judgment it has acquired in its dealings with the particular ...
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... deal with any subject imperfectly and partially . Hence it rises to the generalization of principles into systems , and applies to the broad and general the discriminating judgment it has acquired in its dealings with the particular ...
... deal with any subject imperfectly and partially . Hence it rises to the generalization of principles into systems , and applies to the broad and general the discriminating judgment it has acquired in its dealings with the particular ...
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... deal in a masterly manner with whatsoever it finds in its researches . Try how much you can effect in the realization of this improvement , how near to its full capabilities you can carry the work of instruction . You will have claim to ...
... deal in a masterly manner with whatsoever it finds in its researches . Try how much you can effect in the realization of this improvement , how near to its full capabilities you can carry the work of instruction . You will have claim to ...
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... deal . I do not think that a young learner is at all com- petent to enter into the nice shades of difference in the notions conveyed by the variety of prefixes and termi- nations employed in the composition of words ; but if she be told ...
... deal . I do not think that a young learner is at all com- petent to enter into the nice shades of difference in the notions conveyed by the variety of prefixes and termi- nations employed in the composition of words ; but if she be told ...
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Page 166 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds : pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth^ After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 244 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 166 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 166 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 9 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little...
Page 272 - If the soul be immortal, it requires to be cultivated with attention, not only for what we call the time of life, but for that which is to follow, I mean eternity ; and the least neglect in this point may be attended with endless consequences.
Page 166 - His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that...
Page 103 - ... des marchands, qui ruine le commerce en ruinant les hommes qui le font. Sur-tout n'entreprenez jamais de gêner le commerce pour le tourner selon vos vues. Il faut que le prince ne s'en mêle point, de peur de le gêner, et qu'il en laisse tout le profit à ses sujets qui en ont la peine ; - autrement il les découragera: il en tirera...
Page 166 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 253 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.