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... action : they are nothing in themselves . And the utter inability of mere brute matter to call forth the ener- gies of poetry , is evident from the writings of those doctores umbra- tici who in every age have wooed the muse ; their ...
... action : they are nothing in themselves . And the utter inability of mere brute matter to call forth the ener- gies of poetry , is evident from the writings of those doctores umbra- tici who in every age have wooed the muse ; their ...
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... actions deemed by the dull and commonplace in- capable of elevation . Epaminondas was a poet , when he said he would render illustrious the humble office contemptuously appointed him by his countrymen and every one whose mind contains ...
... actions deemed by the dull and commonplace in- capable of elevation . Epaminondas was a poet , when he said he would render illustrious the humble office contemptuously appointed him by his countrymen and every one whose mind contains ...
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... actions of religion , or study of wisdom , without sometime slackening the cords of intense thought and labour ; which , lest we should think faulty , God him- self conceals us not his own recreations before the world was built : ' I ...
... actions of religion , or study of wisdom , without sometime slackening the cords of intense thought and labour ; which , lest we should think faulty , God him- self conceals us not his own recreations before the world was built : ' I ...
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... action , were the prime objects of his Eikonoklastes , and Defence of the People of Eng- land . The former treatise , intended to work conviction in those who spoke the English language , which he loved , and for the expres- sion of ...
... action , were the prime objects of his Eikonoklastes , and Defence of the People of Eng- land . The former treatise , intended to work conviction in those who spoke the English language , which he loved , and for the expres- sion of ...
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... action . Hence the lettered slaves who sprang up under the foster- ing patronage of Charles II . , and his most dissolute and despicable court , whose principal aim it was to depose the Almighty from his throne in the hearts of their ...
... action . Hence the lettered slaves who sprang up under the foster- ing patronage of Charles II . , and his most dissolute and despicable court , whose principal aim it was to depose the Almighty from his throne in the hearts of their ...
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Page 45 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 463 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods, Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel...
Page xiii - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Page 478 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 53 - Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 69 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 66 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page ix - ... sacred Bible sought out of the dusty corners, where profane falsehood and neglect had thrown it, the schools opened, divine and human learning raked out of the embers of forgotten tongues, the princes and cities trooping apace to the new-erected banner of salvation ; the martyrs, with the unresistible might of weakness, shaking the powers of darkness, and scorning the fiery rage of the old red dragon.
Page 493 - MEYRICK'S PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
Page 58 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek.