An Historical and Critical Dictionary, Volume 1Hunt and Clarke, 1826 - 438 pages |
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Page 11
... better adapted for a critical journal of this na- ture than Bayle , who conducted it at once with spirit and amenity . In the May of this year , the States of Friesland proffered him the situation of professor of philosophy at Franeker ...
... better adapted for a critical journal of this na- ture than Bayle , who conducted it at once with spirit and amenity . In the May of this year , the States of Friesland proffered him the situation of professor of philosophy at Franeker ...
Page 39
... better than those of Cain , were the occasion of the preference given to his offering . The dispute growing warm , Cain fell upon Abel , and slew him . This was the im- pious beginning of disputes in religion , and a fatal presage of ...
... better than those of Cain , were the occasion of the preference given to his offering . The dispute growing warm , Cain fell upon Abel , and slew him . This was the im- pious beginning of disputes in religion , and a fatal presage of ...
Page 56
... have recourse to inspiration , and pretend that Abraham was directed by a prophetical spirit ! a mode of argument which would be endless . This remedy ought to be better managed , and never to be used but like extreme 56 ABRAHAM AND SARAH .
... have recourse to inspiration , and pretend that Abraham was directed by a prophetical spirit ! a mode of argument which would be endless . This remedy ought to be better managed , and never to be used but like extreme 56 ABRAHAM AND SARAH .
Page 59
... the pulpit , that Abi- melech actually did reproach Isaac with Abraham's dissimulation ; but all this has no better founda- tion than rhetorical license . That Isaac's Abime .. lech 4 6 THE ONE OR TWO ABIMELECHS . 59.
... the pulpit , that Abi- melech actually did reproach Isaac with Abraham's dissimulation ; but all this has no better founda- tion than rhetorical license . That Isaac's Abime .. lech 4 6 THE ONE OR TWO ABIMELECHS . 59.
Page 67
... better for the future the holy duty of mental prayer . " It is added , that the maiden , having good sense as well as virtue , was no less angry at these words than at the action of Labadie , and that she would hear no more of such a ...
... better for the future the holy duty of mental prayer . " It is added , that the maiden , having good sense as well as virtue , was no less angry at these words than at the action of Labadie , and that she would hear no more of such a ...
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