The American Eclectic, Volume 2Absalom Peters, Selah Burr Treat, John Holmes Agnew W.R. Peters, 1841 - American periodicals |
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... interest , as those of English laws ; among the latter is the great and extensive portion of every library , the his- torical . Unless where history has been written with peculiar beauty of language , or philosophical spirit , I have ...
... interest , as those of English laws ; among the latter is the great and extensive portion of every library , the his- torical . Unless where history has been written with peculiar beauty of language , or philosophical spirit , I have ...
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... at least was essential ; and it was equally the interest both of the guardian and the ward to avoid the indecorous blots of schism . But in the sixteenth century the European states had passed 1841. ] 11 THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE .
... at least was essential ; and it was equally the interest both of the guardian and the ward to avoid the indecorous blots of schism . But in the sixteenth century the European states had passed 1841. ] 11 THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE .
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... interest . Perhaps they were too distant , too vague , or too gorgeous for representation : the actors were lost in the magnitude of the events ; the events scattered over an illimitable scene ; and the scene itself unattached to any of ...
... interest . Perhaps they were too distant , too vague , or too gorgeous for representation : the actors were lost in the magnitude of the events ; the events scattered over an illimitable scene ; and the scene itself unattached to any of ...
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... interest , " Mr. Hallam says , " tradition might have attached among the Greeks to the wrath of Achil les and the death of Hector , was slight to those genuine recollections which were associated with the first crusade . It was not the ...
... interest , " Mr. Hallam says , " tradition might have attached among the Greeks to the wrath of Achil les and the death of Hector , was slight to those genuine recollections which were associated with the first crusade . It was not the ...
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... interest from the recollections of chivalry , and from the artificial system of manners which arose from them and still survived in the fifteenth century ; but as those recollections 20 [ JULY , HALLAM'S INTRODUCTION TO.
... interest from the recollections of chivalry , and from the artificial system of manners which arose from them and still survived in the fifteenth century ; but as those recollections 20 [ JULY , HALLAM'S INTRODUCTION TO.
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Page 450 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 557 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards divine mysteries.
Page 256 - Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you : for we seek your God, as ye do ; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Page 483 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Page 108 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly SETTLED, administered, and observed.
Page 559 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 559 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Page 109 - ... truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.
Page 441 - England, no nor the harmony of protestant confessions ; but that wherein they all agree, and which they all subscribe with a greater harmony, as a perfect rule of their faith and actions ; that is, the Bible. The Bible, I say, the Bible only, is the religion of protestants...
Page 482 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...