The Modern review, a quarterly magazine (ed. by R.A. Armstrong)., Volume 1Richard Acland Armstrong 1881 |
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... sense of failure in his mission , or , at least , of a conscious- ness of difficulties and a foresight of disasters which only forced themselves by degrees upon him . Such , at least , was not the tone of hopefulness awakened by the ...
... sense of failure in his mission , or , at least , of a conscious- ness of difficulties and a foresight of disasters which only forced themselves by degrees upon him . Such , at least , was not the tone of hopefulness awakened by the ...
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... sense of the word is alone able to produce modifi- cations . " Mr. Alfred R. Wallace , who quotes the preceding in his review of Dr. Weismann's work , “ Studies in the Theory of Descent , " says that he " has arrived at almost exactly ...
... sense of the word is alone able to produce modifi- cations . " Mr. Alfred R. Wallace , who quotes the preceding in his review of Dr. Weismann's work , “ Studies in the Theory of Descent , " says that he " has arrived at almost exactly ...
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... sense refuses to measure moral by legal obligation . They believe that the Established Churches of this country have bound themselves by certain standards clear enough in meaning to all plain men . They see increasing numbers of the ...
... sense refuses to measure moral by legal obligation . They believe that the Established Churches of this country have bound themselves by certain standards clear enough in meaning to all plain men . They see increasing numbers of the ...
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... sense , the purposes of Milton were so pure and so lofty that there can be no doubt he would , but for adverse circumstances , have shone as a luminary in litera- ture without admixture of mundane things . Until his thirty - first year ...
... sense , the purposes of Milton were so pure and so lofty that there can be no doubt he would , but for adverse circumstances , have shone as a luminary in litera- ture without admixture of mundane things . Until his thirty - first year ...
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... sense Milton was , un- doubtedly , the literary chief . Only when he was thought of by the Independents as one of their champions , it was always with a recollection that his championship of the common cause was qualified by a peculiar ...
... sense Milton was , un- doubtedly , the literary chief . Only when he was thought of by the Independents as one of their champions , it was always with a recollection that his championship of the common cause was qualified by a peculiar ...
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Page 186 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 75 - Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.
Page 467 - And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might. An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 736 - God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son...
Page 609 - And I said, What shall I do, Lord ? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
Page 803 - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 548 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 548 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 70 - God ; and in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments I will use the Form in ' the said Book prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered by lawful
Page 723 - the Bible, and the Bible only, is the religion of Protestants.