Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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... persons whose full vigour would have been sufficient for the production of such a volume ; and certainly none , whose years of health and strength had not been assiduously devoted to the cultivation of science and letters . The Essays ...
... persons whose full vigour would have been sufficient for the production of such a volume ; and certainly none , whose years of health and strength had not been assiduously devoted to the cultivation of science and letters . The Essays ...
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... persons , or of much use even to a few . What is ordinarily unprofitable should not be generally pursued ; what is essentially frivolous should be universally neglected ; but in the different branches of real knowledge , we must permit ...
... persons , or of much use even to a few . What is ordinarily unprofitable should not be generally pursued ; what is essentially frivolous should be universally neglected ; but in the different branches of real knowledge , we must permit ...
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... persons , so far , at least as intellectual culti- vation is regarded , and we suspect even a little further , are , to form their minds to habits of thought at once bold and cautious , patient and discursive ; to teach them that the ...
... persons , so far , at least as intellectual culti- vation is regarded , and we suspect even a little further , are , to form their minds to habits of thought at once bold and cautious , patient and discursive ; to teach them that the ...
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... persons might also be found , who , in part at least , for want of that knowledge which me- taphysics would have given , deceive themselves in many things of great practical importance ; are in- sensible to the growth of the most ...
... persons might also be found , who , in part at least , for want of that knowledge which me- taphysics would have given , deceive themselves in many things of great practical importance ; are in- sensible to the growth of the most ...
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John Bowdler. persons by whom this objection is made ( what perhaps they have not always recollected to ask themselves ) , " What is it you mean by scepticism ? " If that word is used to denote a habit of mind slow and cautious in ...
John Bowdler. persons by whom this objection is made ( what perhaps they have not always recollected to ask themselves ) , " What is it you mean by scepticism ? " If that word is used to denote a habit of mind slow and cautious in ...
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Էջ 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Էջ 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Էջ 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Էջ 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Էջ 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Էջ 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Էջ 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Էջ 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Էջ 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Էջ 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...