The Quarterly Review, Volume 38William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1828 |
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... passed into Greece under the form of mysteries too sacred for the ear of the vulgar , and of allegorical emblems too profound for their understanding . Here it was soon stripped of the mystical drapery in which super- stition had ...
... passed into Greece under the form of mysteries too sacred for the ear of the vulgar , and of allegorical emblems too profound for their understanding . Here it was soon stripped of the mystical drapery in which super- stition had ...
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... passed with the arms of the Arabs into Spain , where it received valuable additions from the genius of Alhazen and Alphonso X. The Alphonsine tables , indeed , indeed , which appeared in 1252 , are to this Recent History of Astronomy . 5.
... passed with the arms of the Arabs into Spain , where it received valuable additions from the genius of Alhazen and Alphonso X. The Alphonsine tables , indeed , indeed , which appeared in 1252 , are to this Recent History of Astronomy . 5.
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... Passing by the elegant paraphrases of Addison , we arrive at the name of Dr. Watts . It is the most ungracious and unwelcome part of our present task to speak unfavourably of the well - meant contribu- tions of good men to the cause of ...
... Passing by the elegant paraphrases of Addison , we arrive at the name of Dr. Watts . It is the most ungracious and unwelcome part of our present task to speak unfavourably of the well - meant contribu- tions of good men to the cause of ...
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... passing along , draws far too largely on the imagination ; and it is obvious that the apostrophe , which is licensed boldness in the poet , would come with utter impropriety from the lips of a religious assembly . ' Room for the proud ...
... passing along , draws far too largely on the imagination ; and it is obvious that the apostrophe , which is licensed boldness in the poet , would come with utter impropriety from the lips of a religious assembly . ' Room for the proud ...
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... passed , they will silently resume their authority . But we repeat , that too much must not be expected : however inaccurate many of the positions may E 2 appear appear in a celebrated passage of Johnson's Life of Waller Psalmody . 51.
... passed , they will silently resume their authority . But we repeat , that too much must not be expected : however inaccurate many of the positions may E 2 appear appear in a celebrated passage of Johnson's Life of Waller Psalmody . 51.
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Page 9 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Page 9 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice...
Page 132 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel ; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Page 26 - Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...
Page 126 - And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Page 547 - I do swear that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm as established by the laws : And I do hereby disclaim, disavow and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this realm...
Page 546 - I do solemnly swear, that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion, or Protestant Government, in the United Kingdom...
Page 42 - The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
Page 26 - HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee . Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty ! God in three persons, blessed Trinity. Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea ; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, Which wert and art and evermore shalt be.
Page 32 - Ride on ! ride on in majesty ! The winged squadrons of the sky Look down with sad and wondering eyes To see the approaching Sacrifice.