The Contemporary Review, 47. kötet |
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21. oldal
This promise did not extend to the City Companies, but it would seem—for the
story is not quite clear—that they also asserted, probably with truth, that their
lands were applied to charitable uses. In his work on the twelve great Companies
, ...
This promise did not extend to the City Companies, but it would seem—for the
story is not quite clear—that they also asserted, probably with truth, that their
lands were applied to charitable uses. In his work on the twelve great Companies
, ...
26. oldal
... it is very desirable to preserve a moderate measure of independence, and we
therefore make bold to ask whether it is as plain as the “old hill of Howth,” that
Carlyle was a greater man than Johnson 2 Is not the precise contrary the truth?
... it is very desirable to preserve a moderate measure of independence, and we
therefore make bold to ask whether it is as plain as the “old hill of Howth,” that
Carlyle was a greater man than Johnson 2 Is not the precise contrary the truth?
32. oldal
Phrases are convenient things to hand about , and it is as little the custom to
inquire into their truth as it is to read the letterpress on bank - notes . We are
content to count bank - notes , and to repeat phrases . One of these phrases is ,
that whilst ...
Phrases are convenient things to hand about , and it is as little the custom to
inquire into their truth as it is to read the letterpress on bank - notes . We are
content to count bank - notes , and to repeat phrases . One of these phrases is ,
that whilst ...
33. oldal
“Proceed, illustrious youth, - And virtue guard thee to the throne of truth ! Yet
should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive science yields her last
retreat; Should reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt
...
“Proceed, illustrious youth, - And virtue guard thee to the throne of truth ! Yet
should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive science yields her last
retreat; Should reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt
...
42. oldal
England had then as little thought as she has to-day of monopolizing trans-
oceanic colonization, nor in truth could she have such a thought. The explanation
of the pause in colonization by the Continental Powers is to be discovered in two
...
England had then as little thought as she has to-day of monopolizing trans-
oceanic colonization, nor in truth could she have such a thought. The explanation
of the pause in colonization by the Continental Powers is to be discovered in two
...
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452. oldal - Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign : Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
499. oldal - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
459. oldal - Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin ; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit...
26. oldal - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
204. oldal - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
210. oldal - And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet...
795. oldal - scape, I will preserve myself: and am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape That ever penury, in contempt of man, Brought near to beast...
519. oldal - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
499. oldal - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
499. oldal - The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.