The Prospective Review: A Quarterly Journal of Theology and Literature, Volume 7John Chapman, 1851 |
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... true fountains . The question which Herodotus asked of the priests of Egypt , and Alexander of the Oracle of Ammon ; which learned curiosity has so often addressed to geogra- phical science , has been only partially answered . We must ...
... true fountains . The question which Herodotus asked of the priests of Egypt , and Alexander of the Oracle of Ammon ; which learned curiosity has so often addressed to geogra- phical science , has been only partially answered . We must ...
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... true cause was not assigned till the second century B.C. , by Agatharchides of Cnidus . We are , however , inclined to think that even yet the question of old Herodotus has not been considered in its full extent , and that there is more ...
... true cause was not assigned till the second century B.C. , by Agatharchides of Cnidus . We are , however , inclined to think that even yet the question of old Herodotus has not been considered in its full extent , and that there is more ...
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... true , are tolerably unani- mous in attributing to their architectural remains a cha- racter of sublimity . But it is well known that mere magnitude of dimension , though combined with the rudest workmanship , is often sufficient for ...
... true , are tolerably unani- mous in attributing to their architectural remains a cha- racter of sublimity . But it is well known that mere magnitude of dimension , though combined with the rudest workmanship , is often sufficient for ...
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... true key was in his hands . That Champollion profited by the earlier discoveries of Young there can be little doubt ; but it is equally true , says Mr. Kenrick , that the discovery as Young left it would have been productive of little ...
... true key was in his hands . That Champollion profited by the earlier discoveries of Young there can be little doubt ; but it is equally true , says Mr. Kenrick , that the discovery as Young left it would have been productive of little ...
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... true God . This opinion seems to have been adopted not so much from any direct evidence , as from its appearing the necessary consequence of another assumption , that the doctrine of the Unity of God , being the primeval belief of ...
... true God . This opinion seems to have been adopted not so much from any direct evidence , as from its appearing the necessary consequence of another assumption , that the doctrine of the Unity of God , being the primeval belief of ...
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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