Essays, Selected from Contributions to the Edinburgh Review ...Longman, 1850 |
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43. oldal
... principle , the lessons of that charity which thinketh no evil , ' and which so few of his contemporaries knew how to practise . His very moderation , however , as is usually the case , made him suspected by the zealots of both parties ...
... principle , the lessons of that charity which thinketh no evil , ' and which so few of his contemporaries knew how to practise . His very moderation , however , as is usually the case , made him suspected by the zealots of both parties ...
59. oldal
... principles upon which we first under- took it ; and that , though perhaps we may sometimes differ in our advice concerning the way of proceeding , yet we have the same good ends in the general ; and by this unlucky falling out , we ...
... principles upon which we first under- took it ; and that , though perhaps we may sometimes differ in our advice concerning the way of proceeding , yet we have the same good ends in the general ; and by this unlucky falling out , we ...
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... principles , were ready at any moment to surrender their own , if they had had any . As far as appears , they would have been willing to embrace the faith of Mahometans or Hin- doos at the bidding of his Majesty ; and to believe and ...
... principles , were ready at any moment to surrender their own , if they had had any . As far as appears , they would have been willing to embrace the faith of Mahometans or Hin- doos at the bidding of his Majesty ; and to believe and ...
72. oldal
Henry Rogers. saints , ' may give an idea of the principles and the temper of this singular successor of the Apostles . He affirms , ' That unless princes have power to bind their subjects to that religion they apprehend most advan ...
Henry Rogers. saints , ' may give an idea of the principles and the temper of this singular successor of the Apostles . He affirms , ' That unless princes have power to bind their subjects to that religion they apprehend most advan ...
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... principles of the constitution - and discusses the limits of the royal prerogative . The gloomy an- ticipations expressed by the author were but too well justified by the public events which transpired sub- sequently to his death . But ...
... principles of the constitution - and discusses the limits of the royal prerogative . The gloomy an- ticipations expressed by the author were but too well justified by the public events which transpired sub- sequently to his death . But ...
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14. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
233. oldal - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
42. oldal - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.
95. oldal - Holland, that scarce deserves the name of land, As but the off-scouring of the British sand ; And so much earth as was contributed By English pilots when they heav'd the lead ; Or what by th
89. oldal - O Printing! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind! That lead, when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth, which he sowed, were nothing else but the letters which he invented.
7. oldal - A PISGAH SIGHT OF PALESTINE, AND THE CONFINES THEREOF; WITH THE HISTORY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT ACTED THEREON.
289. oldal - Then they essayed to look, but the remembrance of that last thing that the Shepherds had shown them, made their hands shake; by means of which impediment, they could not look steadily through the glass; yet they thought they saw something like the gate, and also some of the glory of the place.
488. oldal - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
431. oldal - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
18. oldal - Philosophers place it in the rear of the head, and it seems the mine of memory lies there, because there men naturally dig for it, scratching it when they are at a loss.