The Prospective Review: A Quarterly Journal of Theology and Literature, Volume 7John Chapman, 1851 |
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... least twenty centuries , may now be considered as open for our perusal . Still , the knowledge drawn from them has been accessible to a very small number even of the educated . Spread over numerous and often expensive works of travels ...
... least twenty centuries , may now be considered as open for our perusal . Still , the knowledge drawn from them has been accessible to a very small number even of the educated . Spread over numerous and often expensive works of travels ...
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... least are those suggested by the practice of embalming , and the elaborate ornamentation of the tombs of the deceased . What object could they have in these , if the soul , at death , was doomed to make the round of Transmigration on ...
... least are those suggested by the practice of embalming , and the elaborate ornamentation of the tombs of the deceased . What object could they have in these , if the soul , at death , was doomed to make the round of Transmigration on ...
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... least be definite and intelligible . We sought for it in vain . We are as ignorant of Professor Maurice's principle of harmony , as we were before we read the volume which professed to unfold it . We only know that he holds some ...
... least be definite and intelligible . We sought for it in vain . We are as ignorant of Professor Maurice's principle of harmony , as we were before we read the volume which professed to unfold it . We only know that he holds some ...
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... least is singular : to most persons they would seem designed to form the walls of a school , rather than to throw open a House of God for all dwellers upon earth . In the first place , the obvious question occurs , Has the Church of ...
... least is singular : to most persons they would seem designed to form the walls of a school , rather than to throw open a House of God for all dwellers upon earth . In the first place , the obvious question occurs , Has the Church of ...
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... least influence upon the common duties of human beings to each other ; there surely godlessness , yes , and Atheism , will be waxing stronger and stronger , and will be ready to come forth in a more portentous form than it could take in ...
... least influence upon the common duties of human beings to each other ; there surely godlessness , yes , and Atheism , will be waxing stronger and stronger , and will be ready to come forth in a more portentous form than it could take in ...
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Page 39 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences ! And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 114 - From Nature and her overflowing soul, I had received so much, that all my thoughts Were steeped in feeling ; I was only then Contented, when with bliss ineffable I felt the sentiment of Being...
Page 452 - ... summon and call to their aid the bystanders, or posse comitatus of the proper county, when necessary to insure a faithful observance of the clause of the Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law...
Page 123 - Or him have I descried in distant sky, A solitary object and sublime, Above all height ! like an aerial cross Stationed alone upon a spiry rock Of the Chartreuse, for worship. Thus was man Ennobled outwardly before my sight, And thus my heart was early introduced To an unconscious love and reverence Of human nature ; hence the human form To me became an index of delight, Of grace and honor, power and worthiness.
Page 29 - Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Page 170 - Tom Jones " was buried, no writer of fiction among us has been permitted to depict to his utmost power a MAN.
Page 263 - And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 111 - Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved To blend his murmurs with my nurse's song, And from his alder shades and rocky falls, And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice 'That flowed along my dreams...
Page 126 - Of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in romance ! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights When most intent on making of herself A prime enchantress...
Page 468 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons