The British Quarterly Review, Volume 6Henry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1847 - Christianity |
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... , the Author 509 XI . A Letter on the Present Position of the Education Question . By Edward Edwards , Esq . 528 . . FINE ARTS AND CRITICISMS ON Books 548 . THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW , REVIEW . . AUGUST 1 ü CONTENTS .
... , the Author 509 XI . A Letter on the Present Position of the Education Question . By Edward Edwards , Esq . 528 . . FINE ARTS AND CRITICISMS ON Books 548 . THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW , REVIEW . . AUGUST 1 ü CONTENTS .
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... objects worthier of their search and their grasp . We question whether this its choice is a wise one ; whether these its views as to what might be most 2 impressively great for it , are so just and SOURCES OF THE FASCINATION OF VASTNESS .
... objects worthier of their search and their grasp . We question whether this its choice is a wise one ; whether these its views as to what might be most 2 impressively great for it , are so just and SOURCES OF THE FASCINATION OF VASTNESS .
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... question , before it had yet been looked for ; and to indicate a very small zone of the heavens within which at one particular time it must be found . The orb thus nobly discovered , is one which has for itself claims on our attention ...
... question , before it had yet been looked for ; and to indicate a very small zone of the heavens within which at one particular time it must be found . The orb thus nobly discovered , is one which has for itself claims on our attention ...
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... question being self - luminous , it becomes an interesting object of inquiry whether , from any adjacent system , our sun can appear with it to constitute a double star . The same distinguished astronomer has succeeded not only in ...
... question being self - luminous , it becomes an interesting object of inquiry whether , from any adjacent system , our sun can appear with it to constitute a double star . The same distinguished astronomer has succeeded not only in ...
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... question so diligently and systematically . It has been commonly denominated judgment ; but that term expresses too much in one direction , and too little in another . The highest judgment in a poet would include the adoption , in every ...
... question so diligently and systematically . It has been commonly denominated judgment ; but that term expresses too much in one direction , and too little in another . The highest judgment in a poet would include the adoption , in every ...
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Page 331 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 507 - Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Page 507 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
Page 473 - And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians...
Page 473 - ... and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 497 - Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others, she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed : How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags, — were they purple, his heart had been proud...
Page 62 - And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents...
Page 184 - These dictates of reason men used, to call by the name of laws, but improperly; for they are but conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves; whereas law, properly, is the word of him that by right hath command over others.
Page 508 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track ; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy...
Page 185 - This is more than consent, or concord; it is a real unity of them all, in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man...