The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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... stand on the ancient constitution of the Church , and to allow its witnessing and teaching office . Grounding itself ... standing ground for the defence of that which it is not less decidedly set upon retaining . It is therefore , as ...
... stand on the ancient constitution of the Church , and to allow its witnessing and teaching office . Grounding itself ... standing ground for the defence of that which it is not less decidedly set upon retaining . It is therefore , as ...
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... standing ground of belief , nothing can redeem it from the charge of that great initial act of destruction , in which it partakes with the seven competitors : yet there is , one would think , much of faith and of chivalry in this ...
... standing ground of belief , nothing can redeem it from the charge of that great initial act of destruction , in which it partakes with the seven competitors : yet there is , one would think , much of faith and of chivalry in this ...
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... stands for months below zero . Every governor seems to be more or less an expert in cruel punishments . A predecessor of the Zil - i - Sultán in the government of Shiraz recently punished highway robbers by fixing them neck - deep in ...
... stands for months below zero . Every governor seems to be more or less an expert in cruel punishments . A predecessor of the Zil - i - Sultán in the government of Shiraz recently punished highway robbers by fixing them neck - deep in ...
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... stand to outlast his tenure . Sir Lewis Pelly's report to the Bombay Government , with reference to a certain ... stands to receive the envoys of Europe . There , in the centre , may be seen one of the characteristic feats - probably the ...
... stand to outlast his tenure . Sir Lewis Pelly's report to the Bombay Government , with reference to a certain ... stands to receive the envoys of Europe . There , in the centre , may be seen one of the characteristic feats - probably the ...
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... stand upon . He is an evidence of the lowest condition of art . The ornamentation of the exterior of some of the mosques with these coloured bricks , chiefly of light blue and yellow , is very effective ; but we met with no place in ...
... stand upon . He is an evidence of the lowest condition of art . The ornamentation of the exterior of some of the mosques with these coloured bricks , chiefly of light blue and yellow , is very effective ; but we met with no place in ...
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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.