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... Reasons , upon which this Work was undertaken , and is now made public . The intrinfic Beauty of the Piece itself first allured me to the Attempt ; and a regard for the Public , especially for those who might be unable to read the ...
... Reasons , upon which this Work was undertaken , and is now made public . The intrinfic Beauty of the Piece itself first allured me to the Attempt ; and a regard for the Public , especially for those who might be unable to read the ...
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... Reason , our Reafon productive of inward Tranquillity , and fometimes of real and fub- ftantial Advantage to all our Fellow - crea- tures . Such Such Remarks as the preceding can be no improper Introduction ii The LIFE and WRITINGS of.
... Reason , our Reafon productive of inward Tranquillity , and fometimes of real and fub- ftantial Advantage to all our Fellow - crea- tures . Such Such Remarks as the preceding can be no improper Introduction ii The LIFE and WRITINGS of.
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... Reasons , which are fa- tisfactory and juft . His Approbation is not attended with Fits of ftupid Admiration , or Gaping , like an Ideot , at fomething surprising which he cannot comprehend ; nor are his Cenfures fretful and wafpifh ...
... Reasons , which are fa- tisfactory and juft . His Approbation is not attended with Fits of ftupid Admiration , or Gaping , like an Ideot , at fomething surprising which he cannot comprehend ; nor are his Cenfures fretful and wafpifh ...
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... Reasons , on which he founds the Affertion , I fhall lay no Strefs upon it . But there is strong probability , that Longinus was not only acquainted with the Writings of the Old Teftament , but with those also of the New , fince to a ...
... Reasons , on which he founds the Affertion , I fhall lay no Strefs upon it . But there is strong probability , that Longinus was not only acquainted with the Writings of the Old Teftament , but with those also of the New , fince to a ...
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... Reasons I cannot conjecture . If for any of real Weight and Importance , certainly he ought not to have concealed them from the World . If Longinus ever faw any of the Writings of St. Paul , he could not but entertain an high Opinion of ...
... Reasons I cannot conjecture . If for any of real Weight and Importance , certainly he ought not to have concealed them from the World . If Longinus ever faw any of the Writings of St. Paul , he could not but entertain an high Opinion of ...
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Page 130 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 154 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 123 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 22 - O'er my dim Eyes a Darkness hung; My Ears with hollow Murmurs rung. In dewy Damps my Limbs were chill'd; My Blood with gentle Horrors thrill'd; My feeble Pulse forgot to play, I fainted, sunk, and dy'd away.
Page 165 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.
Page 157 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, 0 men, I call ; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Page 119 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 151 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 157 - Both turn'd, and under open sky ador'd The GOD that made both sky, air, earth, and heav'n Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole. Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...