The New-York Review, Volume 9; Volumes 17-18Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell George Dearborn & Company, 1841 - American periodicals |
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... feels very sensibly the want of such an instrument . What would he say if he shared our privations in that respect ? Yet much as we regret the not having had an opportunity of reading a work , to which he often refers , and of which we ...
... feels very sensibly the want of such an instrument . What would he say if he shared our privations in that respect ? Yet much as we regret the not having had an opportunity of reading a work , to which he often refers , and of which we ...
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... feeling on the subject of Athenian rights and power as the orator thought and felt , could imagine , for the purpose of awaking a degenerate people to a sense of their dangers and a determination to resist them , is pressed with the ...
... feeling on the subject of Athenian rights and power as the orator thought and felt , could imagine , for the purpose of awaking a degenerate people to a sense of their dangers and a determination to resist them , is pressed with the ...
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... feeling of awe - had been altogether desperate ; and he maintains that the example of their ancestors , who had resolutely rejected all offers of peace and protection from the Mede , if they would only consent to his conquering the rest ...
... feeling of awe - had been altogether desperate ; and he maintains that the example of their ancestors , who had resolutely rejected all offers of peace and protection from the Mede , if they would only consent to his conquering the rest ...
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... feel and acknowledge the force of the precedent , as he seems not to do , then he is no fit judge of Demosthenes or ... feeling it to be true that the motives , the conduct , the spirit oft he contest , were those of Salamis and Artemi ...
... feel and acknowledge the force of the precedent , as he seems not to do , then he is no fit judge of Demosthenes or ... feeling it to be true that the motives , the conduct , the spirit oft he contest , were those of Salamis and Artemi ...
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... feel more tempted to translate . It is particularly remarkable for a sound moral tone , and for a certain delicacy in the manner of dealing with such horrors . The oration in his own defence , when charged by Demos- NO . XVII . - VOL ...
... feel more tempted to translate . It is particularly remarkable for a sound moral tone , and for a certain delicacy in the manner of dealing with such horrors . The oration in his own defence , when charged by Demos- NO . XVII . - VOL ...
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Page 536 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 19 - ... true eloquence I find to be none, but the serious and hearty love of truth, and that whose mind soever is fully possessed with a fervent desire to know good things, and with the dearest charity to infuse the knowledge of them into others, when such a man would speak, his words...
Page 327 - And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the HOLY GHOST was upon him.
Page 367 - To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man.
Page 219 - But, if an act be done under a law, a succeeding legislature cannot undo it. The past cannot be recalled by the most absolute power.
Page 322 - ... in times like these in which we live, it will not do to be overscrupulous. It is easy to sacrifice the substantial interests of society by a strict adherence to ordinary rules.
Page 409 - God, and one with another, to receive whatsoever light or truth shall be made known to us from his written Word ; but withal exhorted us to take heed what we received for truth, and well to examine and compare it and weigh it with other Scriptures of truth before we received it. For, saith he, it is not possible the Christian world should come so lately out of such thick antichristian darkness, and that full perfection of knowledge should break forth at once.
Page 374 - The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 409 - God had not revealed his whole will to them ; and were they now living, saith he, they would be as ready and willing to embrace further light, as that they had received. Here also he...
Page 408 - Lord had appointed it or not; he charged us, before God and his blessed angels, to follow him no further than he followed Christ; and if God should reveal anything to us by any other Instrument of his, to be as ready to receive it, as ever we were to receive any truth by his Ministry. For he was very confident the Lord had more truth and light yet to break forth out of his holy Word.