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... present grave motto from Publius Syrus , of whom none of us had , I am sure , ever read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able journal . When I left Edinburgh , it fell into the stronger ...
... present grave motto from Publius Syrus , of whom none of us had , I am sure , ever read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able journal . When I left Edinburgh , it fell into the stronger ...
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... present volume , with a conviction rather that he has misapplied , than that he wants , talents for pulpit eloquence . The subjects of his sermons , fourteen in number , are , 1. The consequences of the vice of gaming : 2. On old age ...
... present volume , with a conviction rather that he has misapplied , than that he wants , talents for pulpit eloquence . The subjects of his sermons , fourteen in number , are , 1. The consequences of the vice of gaming : 2. On old age ...
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... present age . It is an evil age- an adulterous age - an ignorant age- an apostate age― and a foppish age . Of the propriety of the last epithet , our readers may perhaps be more convinced , by calling to mind a class of fops not usually ...
... present age . It is an evil age- an adulterous age - an ignorant age- an apostate age― and a foppish age . Of the propriety of the last epithet , our readers may perhaps be more convinced , by calling to mind a class of fops not usually ...
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... present pamphlet . The first apprehensions which Mr. Bowles seems to entertain , are of the boundless ambition and perfidious character of the First Consul , and of that military despotism he has established , which is not only im ...
... present pamphlet . The first apprehensions which Mr. Bowles seems to entertain , are of the boundless ambition and perfidious character of the First Consul , and of that military despotism he has established , which is not only im ...
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... present thinness of ladies ' petticoats ( p . 78. ) , temerity may hope our salvation , but how can reason promise it ? One solitary gleam of comfort , indeed , beams upon us in reading the solemn devotion of this modern Curtius to the ...
... present thinness of ladies ' petticoats ( p . 78. ) , temerity may hope our salvation , but how can reason promise it ? One solitary gleam of comfort , indeed , beams upon us in reading the solemn devotion of this modern Curtius to the ...
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Page 282 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
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Page 16 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 280 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.