The Contemporary Review, Volume 30A. Strahan, 1877 - Literature |
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... race of competition with Chinese opium . ‡ Such is the real history of the principles on which the Indian Government proceeded . Was the system pursued invented for the sake of lessening an evil , or of increasing gain ? Can you find ...
... race of competition with Chinese opium . ‡ Such is the real history of the principles on which the Indian Government proceeded . Was the system pursued invented for the sake of lessening an evil , or of increasing gain ? Can you find ...
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... race . The Berties , it would seem , were altogether on a level with their com- panions the Saxons , and they must have quite overshadowed the Angles and Jutes . Shame on the Chroniclers , shame on the earliest poets whose songs have ...
... race . The Berties , it would seem , were altogether on a level with their com- panions the Saxons , and they must have quite overshadowed the Angles and Jutes . Shame on the Chroniclers , shame on the earliest poets whose songs have ...
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... race to a higher level , that they command the allegiance of numbers who are quite incompetent to judge whether there is sufficient evidence for the principles they assert . They throw the spell of personal influence over their ...
... race to a higher level , that they command the allegiance of numbers who are quite incompetent to judge whether there is sufficient evidence for the principles they assert . They throw the spell of personal influence over their ...
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what would be now the position of our race if the first Christians had confined themselves to tentative experiments on the relative advantages of monogamy and polygamy , instead of adopting the former in faith , in reliance on the ...
what would be now the position of our race if the first Christians had confined themselves to tentative experiments on the relative advantages of monogamy and polygamy , instead of adopting the former in faith , in reliance on the ...
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... lived wholly without God in the world ; but certain individuals were selected from the race ; and to them , for the guidance and instruction of their fellows , God revealed the ordinances written 66 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
... lived wholly without God in the world ; but certain individuals were selected from the race ; and to them , for the guidance and instruction of their fellows , God revealed the ordinances written 66 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
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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.