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Page 27
... thought , in about twenty characters variously placed , exceeds the highest notions we can have of the capacities with which we are endowed . " It is truly a wonderful art . And it was perfect from the beginning ; nor has there been any ...
... thought , in about twenty characters variously placed , exceeds the highest notions we can have of the capacities with which we are endowed . " It is truly a wonderful art . And it was perfect from the beginning ; nor has there been any ...
Page 30
... thought diffused through the nations . It is not un- deserved homage to this sacred book to say , that philosophers and great men of other times lighted their torch in Zion , and the altars of learning caught their first spark from the ...
... thought diffused through the nations . It is not un- deserved homage to this sacred book to say , that philosophers and great men of other times lighted their torch in Zion , and the altars of learning caught their first spark from the ...
Page 33
... thought , the extent of research , the ac- curacy , the grace and beauty , which distinguish the Bible . Without the Scriptures , the world would be pro- foundly ignorant of some of the most important and interesting points of ...
... thought , the extent of research , the ac- curacy , the grace and beauty , which distinguish the Bible . Without the Scriptures , the world would be pro- foundly ignorant of some of the most important and interesting points of ...
Page 38
... thought of except by the inspired mind who conceived them , and are even symbolical and hieroglyphic , when once ... thoughts it would convey . There is 38 THE LITERARY MERIT.
... thought of except by the inspired mind who conceived them , and are even symbolical and hieroglyphic , when once ... thoughts it would convey . There is 38 THE LITERARY MERIT.
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... thought , argument , and alternate rebuke and tenderness ? There is nothing in the compositions of Addison , the most neat and nervous of all the English classics , to be compared with these , or with the Sermon on the Mount . Nor is ...
... thought , argument , and alternate rebuke and tenderness ? There is nothing in the compositions of Addison , the most neat and nervous of all the English classics , to be compared with these , or with the Sermon on the Mount . Nor is ...
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