The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Հատոր 3J. Murray, 1784 |
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... SUCH was the conduct of the minifters of Sooltaun Muhmood towards their lord . They expelled him from the imperial throne , and they divided his dominions and his power amongst themfelves . It is neceffary therefore that the powers and ...
... SUCH was the conduct of the minifters of Sooltaun Muhmood towards their lord . They expelled him from the imperial throne , and they divided his dominions and his power amongst themfelves . It is neceffary therefore that the powers and ...
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... Such is the ftile and manner of our Author . They are perhaps ungraceful and have a taint of obftinacy , but the cafes he delivers , and the experience which he collates , juftify his affertions . He appears a moft indefatigable ...
... Such is the ftile and manner of our Author . They are perhaps ungraceful and have a taint of obftinacy , but the cafes he delivers , and the experience which he collates , juftify his affertions . He appears a moft indefatigable ...
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... Such of the British as are honoured with feats among the powers above , congratulate their compa- triot on his arrival at the manfions of the bleffed . They enquire concerning the viciffitudes of their country . CHA- THAM describes the ...
... Such of the British as are honoured with feats among the powers above , congratulate their compa- triot on his arrival at the manfions of the bleffed . They enquire concerning the viciffitudes of their country . CHA- THAM describes the ...
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... in what manner the concluding part of the Lord's day fhould be em- ployed . But fuppofing , ( fays he , ) our attendance on the house of God to to be such as it ought , there still remains Bishop Porteus's Sermons on feveral Subjects . 45.
... in what manner the concluding part of the Lord's day fhould be em- ployed . But fuppofing , ( fays he , ) our attendance on the house of God to to be such as it ought , there still remains Bishop Porteus's Sermons on feveral Subjects . 45.
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to be such as it ought , there still remains a queftion of no finall im portance . How are we to employ the remaining part of the Lord's Day ? Are we to dedicate it altogether to private devotion and re- ligious meditation , to feclude ...
to be such as it ought , there still remains a queftion of no finall im portance . How are we to employ the remaining part of the Lord's Day ? Are we to dedicate it altogether to private devotion and re- ligious meditation , to feclude ...
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Էջ 336 - I delight in the Law of God after the inward Man. But I fee another Law in my Members, warring againft the Law of my Mind, and bringing me into Captivity to the Law of Sin, which is in my Members.
Էջ 337 - Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace : Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...
Էջ 165 - By the latter end of July, all the lower parts of Bengal, contiguous to the Ganges and Burrampooter, are overflowed, and form an inundation of more than a hundred miles in width ; nothing appearing but villages and trees, excepting very rarely, the top of an elevated spot (the artificial mound of some deserted village) appearing like an island.
Էջ 169 - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.
Էջ 229 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him half his Troy was burn'd; But Priam found the fire ere he his tongue, And I my Percy's death ere thou report'st it. This thou would'st say, 'Your son did thus and thus; Your brother thus; so fought the noble Douglas...
Էջ 337 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withftand in the evil day, and having done all, to ftand.
Էջ 172 - ... him for a model ; and his own is made only a little better, by his having a few more materials ; of which he was not a better collator than the other, nor did he excel him in use of them...
Էջ 117 - He could never be brought to. pay bills without much following and importunity ; nor then if there appeared any chance of wearying them out. — A paviour, after long and fruitless attempts, caught him just getting out of his chariot at his own door, in Bloomsbury-square, and set upon him.
Էջ 251 - He forgave all his enemies, even the chief instruments of his death; but exhorted them and the whole nation to return to the ways of peace, by paying obedience to their lawful sovereign, his son and successor. When he was preparing himself for the block, bishop Juxon called to him: "There is, sir, but one stage more, which though turbulent and troublesome, is yet a very short one.
Էջ 251 - Though innocent towards his people, he acknowledged the equity of his execution in the eyes...