The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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Page 57
... knowledge of this fact , known to herself as well as to any one , disarms , or rather destroys , the spectator's sympathies and antipathies at the outset he feels that he is watching the actions of a creature moved not by a passion from ...
... knowledge of this fact , known to herself as well as to any one , disarms , or rather destroys , the spectator's sympathies and antipathies at the outset he feels that he is watching the actions of a creature moved not by a passion from ...
Page 76
... knowledge necessary for every other art . His perception of the outward effects of passion must be keen and carefully trained ; his knowledge of its inward working must be profound and must be a subject of constant reflection . He ...
... knowledge necessary for every other art . His perception of the outward effects of passion must be keen and carefully trained ; his knowledge of its inward working must be profound and must be a subject of constant reflection . He ...
Page 79
... knowledge , the choice of which was left to the school boards or committees , subject to arrangement with the school inspectors . Nevertheless , the maximum grant allowed being 15s . a head , and good schools being able to obtain this ...
... knowledge , the choice of which was left to the school boards or committees , subject to arrangement with the school inspectors . Nevertheless , the maximum grant allowed being 15s . a head , and good schools being able to obtain this ...
Page 81
... knowledge , still , as generally taught with a view to the government grant , it seems to combine the respective disadvantages of the multiplication table and the Newgate Calendar , being little better than a list of dates and battles ...
... knowledge , still , as generally taught with a view to the government grant , it seems to combine the respective disadvantages of the multiplication table and the Newgate Calendar , being little better than a list of dates and battles ...
Page 86
... knowledge of this kind , when brought before them by experiment . " * As regards Mr. Henslow's school , and the botanical instruction so successfully carried on there , Dr. Hooker gave some very interesting evidence before the Public ...
... knowledge of this kind , when brought before them by experiment . " * As regards Mr. Henslow's school , and the botanical instruction so successfully carried on there , Dr. Hooker gave some very interesting evidence before the Public ...
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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.