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... speak more plainly ) may we not define genius to be a species of inspiration , under the in- fluence of which the mind is elevated above its usual level , and thus is empowered to effect that , which without this supernatural aid , it ...
... speak more plainly ) may we not define genius to be a species of inspiration , under the in- fluence of which the mind is elevated above its usual level , and thus is empowered to effect that , which without this supernatural aid , it ...
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... speak - and , as I believe , most properly and truly - of being restrained from the committal of vice , and of being inspired with a love of virtue , by the influence of this holy agent . They also admit that they believe themselves to ...
... speak - and , as I believe , most properly and truly - of being restrained from the committal of vice , and of being inspired with a love of virtue , by the influence of this holy agent . They also admit that they believe themselves to ...
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... , it may fairly be questioned whether there really is that " paucity of topics " suited to this description of verse , of which the 66 venerable Doctor speaks ; while it remains equally questionable ON SACRED AND DEVOTIONAL POETRY . 21.
... , it may fairly be questioned whether there really is that " paucity of topics " suited to this description of verse , of which the 66 venerable Doctor speaks ; while it remains equally questionable ON SACRED AND DEVOTIONAL POETRY . 21.
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Thomas Carter. 66 venerable Doctor speaks ; while it remains equally questionable that the " sanctity " of these topics rejects the ornaments of figurative diction . " Hold- ing the opinions which I do respecting the origin , the nature ...
Thomas Carter. 66 venerable Doctor speaks ; while it remains equally questionable that the " sanctity " of these topics rejects the ornaments of figurative diction . " Hold- ing the opinions which I do respecting the origin , the nature ...
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... speak of pur- suing , of dividing the spoil , and of being revenged , is both highly imaginative and strikingly expressive of an impetuous and determined spirit . There is nothing said about making preparations for the pur- suit ; but ...
... speak of pur- suing , of dividing the spoil , and of being revenged , is both highly imaginative and strikingly expressive of an impetuous and determined spirit . There is nothing said about making preparations for the pur- suit ; but ...
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Page 61 - Judah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until he come to Shiloh ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 140 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 46 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 50 - For a fire is kindled in Mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 55 - And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Page 60 - Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch.
Page 8 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 65 - And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath...
Page 70 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 31 - The enemy said I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.