The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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Page 28
... reason is obvious . No soldier comes to parade who can obtain work in the town ; and the consequence is that the personnel of each skeleton regiment is changed every morning , and the unhappy drill - instructor has never before him the ...
... reason is obvious . No soldier comes to parade who can obtain work in the town ; and the consequence is that the personnel of each skeleton regiment is changed every morning , and the unhappy drill - instructor has never before him the ...
Page 57
... reason is not far to seek . The moving power which urges Phédre on in her miserable career is not a merely human passion : she is impelled , in spite of herself , by the gods , and the knowledge of this fact , known to herself as well ...
... reason is not far to seek . The moving power which urges Phédre on in her miserable career is not a merely human passion : she is impelled , in spite of herself , by the gods , and the knowledge of this fact , known to herself as well ...
Page 103
... reason , it is unnecessary to alter the translation of John iii . 10 , " Art thou a master of Israel ? " or of John v . 35 , " He was a burning and a shining light ; " or of Rom . v . 7 , " For a good man some would even dare to die ...
... reason , it is unnecessary to alter the translation of John iii . 10 , " Art thou a master of Israel ? " or of John v . 35 , " He was a burning and a shining light ; " or of Rom . v . 7 , " For a good man some would even dare to die ...
Page 109
... reason be assigned , for example , why ovdes should be translated " no man " without italics ( Matt . xi . 27 ) , while in Luke vi . 38 , where do ovo is translated " shall men give , " men is marked as having no equivalent in the ...
... reason be assigned , for example , why ovdes should be translated " no man " without italics ( Matt . xi . 27 ) , while in Luke vi . 38 , where do ovo is translated " shall men give , " men is marked as having no equivalent in the ...
Page 119
... reason and conscience , and that upon their verdict the decision as to the true and the good must ultimately rest . " The crisis , " it has been truly said , " though terrific to feeble hearts , fills the strong with hope . " It renews ...
... reason and conscience , and that upon their verdict the decision as to the true and the good must ultimately rest . " The crisis , " it has been truly said , " though terrific to feeble hearts , fills the strong with hope . " It renews ...
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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.