The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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... evidence to cruel punishments or even a terrible death , is it wonderful that the people occasionally reflect the vices of their government ? Nor , with rare exceptions , do the few Europeans in Persia offer them a much better example ...
... evidence to cruel punishments or even a terrible death , is it wonderful that the people occasionally reflect the vices of their government ? Nor , with rare exceptions , do the few Europeans in Persia offer them a much better example ...
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... evidence before the Public School Commission . Lord Clarendon asked him as to Mr. Henslow's method of instruction : - " Invariably , " said Dr. Hooker , " he made it practical . He made it an objective study . The children were taught ...
... evidence before the Public School Commission . Lord Clarendon asked him as to Mr. Henslow's method of instruction : - " Invariably , " said Dr. Hooker , " he made it practical . He made it an objective study . The children were taught ...
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... evidence can , however , be more important than that of the school inspectors themselves . Now without going beyond last year's Education Report , it will be seen that they have very great doubts - to say no more - on the subject . As ...
... evidence can , however , be more important than that of the school inspectors themselves . Now without going beyond last year's Education Report , it will be seen that they have very great doubts - to say no more - on the subject . As ...
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... evidence upon matters of fact may be more absolutely relied on . " · I. To the facts then : and , taking Mr. Spedding where he seems to be strongest , let us analyse such of his facts as bear on Bacon's conduct to Essex . In strict ...
... evidence upon matters of fact may be more absolutely relied on . " · I. To the facts then : and , taking Mr. Spedding where he seems to be strongest , let us analyse such of his facts as bear on Bacon's conduct to Essex . In strict ...
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untruthfully exaggerated the force of Lee's evidence . And to prevent any cross - examination of Lee ( which was allowed to Essex in the case of Sir Ferdinando Gorge ) the Government had Lee executed two days before the trial of Essex ...
untruthfully exaggerated the force of Lee's evidence . And to prevent any cross - examination of Lee ( which was allowed to Essex in the case of Sir Ferdinando Gorge ) the Government had Lee executed two days before the trial of Essex ...
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Page 911 - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Page 741 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 225 - Verily I say unto you. Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Page 225 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 925 - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
Page 911 - Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 512 - ... pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think; every effort we can make to throw off our subjection will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
Page 912 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 109 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 511 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.