The Contemporary Review, Volume 30A. Strahan, 1877 - Literature |
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... believe . On those who edit the volumes in which the tales appear one might be inclined to be harsher . What , for instance , can be the state of mind of Sir Ber- nard Burke ? Does he know , or does he not know , the manifest falsehood ...
... believe . On those who edit the volumes in which the tales appear one might be inclined to be harsher . What , for instance , can be the state of mind of Sir Ber- nard Burke ? Does he know , or does he not know , the manifest falsehood ...
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... believe myself to have some minute knowledge . I leave the Scots and the Britons to settle their own forefathers ; nor do I stop to examine pedigrees of much later date . And I do this , not only because I am most at home in a ...
... believe myself to have some minute knowledge . I leave the Scots and the Britons to settle their own forefathers ; nor do I stop to examine pedigrees of much later date . And I do this , not only because I am most at home in a ...
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... believe it , unless there is some special reason to disbelieve it . If it goes back to the fifteenth , fourteenth , or thirteenth century , this or that stage may be doubtful , but the thing as a whole has a fair chance of being genuine ...
... believe it , unless there is some special reason to disbelieve it . If it goes back to the fifteenth , fourteenth , or thirteenth century , this or that stage may be doubtful , but the thing as a whole has a fair chance of being genuine ...
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... believe . Without such a proof , we will not believe . But one thing cannot be proved , because it is impossible on the face of it . The forefather of Coplestone may have been at home in Coplestone's present quarters when the Conqueror ...
... believe . Without such a proof , we will not believe . But one thing cannot be proved , because it is impossible on the face of it . The forefather of Coplestone may have been at home in Coplestone's present quarters when the Conqueror ...
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... believe that it is possible to trace the descent of the Wake family up to this Hugh and Emma . These are matters primarily for the gene- alogist ; they only secondarily touch the historian . But it does very directly touch the historian ...
... believe that it is possible to trace the descent of the Wake family up to this Hugh and Emma . These are matters primarily for the gene- alogist ; they only secondarily touch the historian . But it does very directly touch the historian ...
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Page 799 - They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
Page 803 - The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Page 801 - If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Page 408 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Page 396 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Page 299 - Soft roll your incense, herbs, and fruits, and flowers, In mingled clouds to him whose sun exalts, Whose breath perfumes you, and whose pencil paints.
Page 409 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Page 564 - Love, from its awful throne of patient power In the wise heart, from the last giddy hour Of dread endurance, from the slippery, steep, And narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs And folds over the world its healing wings.
Page 805 - Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Page 808 - Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.