The Victorian Review, Volume 3H. Mortimer Franklyn Victorian Review Publishing Company, Limited, 1880 |
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... position of the courtesan was far more considerable than that of the wife . Ordi- nary impurity was a matter of indifference . This is not mere rhetoric . Facts , if we could quote them , would bear out the strongest statements . " And ...
... position of the courtesan was far more considerable than that of the wife . Ordi- nary impurity was a matter of indifference . This is not mere rhetoric . Facts , if we could quote them , would bear out the strongest statements . " And ...
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... position , which women now hold by force of their own character , is the very antipodes of that , in which they were once held by the force of men , and this * reversal of their position is due to the life of Christ , and the change ...
... position , which women now hold by force of their own character , is the very antipodes of that , in which they were once held by the force of men , and this * reversal of their position is due to the life of Christ , and the change ...
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... position of secretary . The department , like many others of its class , absorbs a large annual vote , for which no return , of any practical use or benefit to the agri- cultural community , has ever been received . It issues yearly a ...
... position of secretary . The department , like many others of its class , absorbs a large annual vote , for which no return , of any practical use or benefit to the agri- cultural community , has ever been received . It issues yearly a ...
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... position by worn theologic phrase , but rather to show that " inspired truth is the breathing of Infinite Reason and must be reasonable , and must admit in a great measure of being exhibited in that light . " The material and the moral ...
... position by worn theologic phrase , but rather to show that " inspired truth is the breathing of Infinite Reason and must be reasonable , and must admit in a great measure of being exhibited in that light . " The material and the moral ...
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... position to the earth , as to place it in the centre of the universe , should not have thought or even said something about the earth's centre itself as a natural sequence , a conjecture , or sug- gestion ; and if he did , might his ...
... position to the earth , as to place it in the centre of the universe , should not have thought or even said something about the earth's centre itself as a natural sequence , a conjecture , or sug- gestion ; and if he did , might his ...
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Page 257 - ... shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 162 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 258 - When forty winters shall besiege thy brow, And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field...
Page 555 - Euphrates, and the Arabian fleet might have sailed without a naval combat into the mouth of the Thames. Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mohammed.
Page 52 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 161 - ... and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Page 80 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how Books demean themselves, as well as men ; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors...
Page 590 - tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour, For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their " midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
Page 256 - I may not evermore acknowledge thee, Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame; Nor thou with public kindness honour me, Unless thou take that honour from thy name.
Page 160 - It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.