The Eclectic Review, Volume 20; Volume 38Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood C. Taylor, 1823 - English literature |
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... influence of literature and manners . But in Spain and Portugal , almost all traces of the ancient constitution had been effaced ; and as there existed nothing to qualify the spirit of popery , a memorable example was given of its ...
... influence of literature and manners . But in Spain and Portugal , almost all traces of the ancient constitution had been effaced ; and as there existed nothing to qualify the spirit of popery , a memorable example was given of its ...
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... influence at court , violated them with impunity , and procured impunity for all whom he chose to protect . Scarcely did there exist even an appear- ance of criminal justice . Quarrels among the populace were com- monly decided by the ...
... influence at court , violated them with impunity , and procured impunity for all whom he chose to protect . Scarcely did there exist even an appear- ance of criminal justice . Quarrels among the populace were com- monly decided by the ...
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... influence of what may be ⚫ called their vulgar , rather than their popular literature , ' must have greatly tended to the increase of their licentiousness . The robber or the assassin was usually the hero of the ballad ; nor was the ...
... influence of what may be ⚫ called their vulgar , rather than their popular literature , ' must have greatly tended to the increase of their licentiousness . The robber or the assassin was usually the hero of the ballad ; nor was the ...
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... influence and conduct corrupted the nobility ; and the character of the Royal Family is sufficiently known , to render unnecessary any attempt to prove that neither talent , virtue , nor patriotic feeling was to be looked for in that ...
... influence and conduct corrupted the nobility ; and the character of the Royal Family is sufficiently known , to render unnecessary any attempt to prove that neither talent , virtue , nor patriotic feeling was to be looked for in that ...
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... influence of the Spirit of God . Had the Dr. succeeded , even to his own satisfaction , in proving systems to be necessary , it would not have been requi- site for him to multiply arguments in their defence . But to silence all ...
... influence of the Spirit of God . Had the Dr. succeeded , even to his own satisfaction , in proving systems to be necessary , it would not have been requi- site for him to multiply arguments in their defence . But to silence all ...
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Page 429 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 153 - Give unto the Lord. O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. "8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come into His courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth.
Page 290 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me : refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Page 523 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 204 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 429 - ... nee erit alia lex Romae, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes et omni tempore una lex et sempiterna et immutabilis continebit, unusque erit communis quasi magister et imperator omnium deus, ille legis huius inventor, disceptator, lator; cui qui non parebit, ipse se fugiet ac naturam hominis aspernatus hoc ipso luet maximas poenas, etiamsi cetera supplicia, quae putantur, effugerit...
Page 90 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 154 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Page 111 - Ornai convien che tu cosi ti spoltre », disse '1 maestro; «che, seggendo in piuma, in fama non si vien, né sotto coltre; sanza la qual chi sua vita consuma, cotal vestigio in terra di sé lascia, qual fummo in aere ed in acqua la schiuma.
Page 233 - ... as seasonable in grief as in joy; as decent being added unto actions of greatest weight and solemnity, as being used when men most sequester themselves from action. The reason hereof is an admirable facility which music hath to express and represent to the mind, more inwardly than any other sensible mean, the very standing, rising, and falling, the very steps and inflections every way, the turns and varieties of all passions, whereunto the mind is subject...