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Page 3
... cause for animadver- sion in the following pages . They have been prepa- red amid the undiminished labours of the pulpit ; and now that he has committed them to the press , more deeply than ever does he desire that his time and ...
... cause for animadver- sion in the following pages . They have been prepa- red amid the undiminished labours of the pulpit ; and now that he has committed them to the press , more deeply than ever does he desire that his time and ...
Page 34
... simple , how rational the narrative of Moses . " In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ! " Here is a cause equal to the wonderful effect , while every view of the effect leads to adoring admiration of 34 THE LITERARY MERIT.
... simple , how rational the narrative of Moses . " In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ! " Here is a cause equal to the wonderful effect , while every view of the effect leads to adoring admiration of 34 THE LITERARY MERIT.
Page 37
... causes , as well as moral causes generally . They bring forward in bold relief the superintendent and all - governing providence of the Most High : -as in the history of Joseph , the revolt of the ten tribes , and the books of Esther ...
... causes , as well as moral causes generally . They bring forward in bold relief the superintendent and all - governing providence of the Most High : -as in the history of Joseph , the revolt of the ten tribes , and the books of Esther ...
Page 38
... cause to which they are always subservient ; principles which are developed with some new accession of strength and beauty on every page ; a Hero , not of mortal nature , whom they every where honour ; a deity , not of the poet's ...
... cause to which they are always subservient ; principles which are developed with some new accession of strength and beauty on every page ; a Hero , not of mortal nature , whom they every where honour ; a deity , not of the poet's ...
Page 51
... cause of truth and holiness , as was the gold of Ophir . And the most illustrious classics of antiquity shall gather their freshest bays to adorn the temples once crowned with thorns . If it were for nothing but their literary merit ...
... cause of truth and holiness , as was the gold of Ophir . And the most illustrious classics of antiquity shall gather their freshest bays to adorn the temples once crowned with thorns . If it were for nothing but their literary merit ...
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