The British Essayists: ObserverJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... appears to the eye of speculation as a lot of singular felicity . There are some countries where no subject can properly be said to be independent ; but in a con- stitution so happily tempered as ours , that blessing seems 28 57 ...
... appears to the eye of speculation as a lot of singular felicity . There are some countries where no subject can properly be said to be independent ; but in a con- stitution so happily tempered as ours , that blessing seems 28 57 ...
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... appear in this shape of terror ! Certainly he will not , nor can he in justice transport me to a place of punishment , when I have committed nothing to deserve it . VOL . II . F 1 Whither then will he convey me ? To the 59 . 49 OBSERVER .
... appear in this shape of terror ! Certainly he will not , nor can he in justice transport me to a place of punishment , when I have committed nothing to deserve it . VOL . II . F 1 Whither then will he convey me ? To the 59 . 49 OBSERVER .
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... appears that opinions were permitted to pass without censure very irrecon- lilable to the popular faith , and great latitude given to speculation in their reasonings upon natural reli- gion ; and what can be more gratifying to philan ...
... appears that opinions were permitted to pass without censure very irrecon- lilable to the popular faith , and great latitude given to speculation in their reasonings upon natural reli- gion ; and what can be more gratifying to philan ...
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... appear that the morality of the gospel had been the morality of right reason in all ages of the world , he would still remain as much unfurnished as ever for establishing his favourite position , that the Scriptures reveal no- thing ...
... appear that the morality of the gospel had been the morality of right reason in all ages of the world , he would still remain as much unfurnished as ever for establishing his favourite position , that the Scriptures reveal no- thing ...
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... appear in the moral government of the world , that any such just and regular distribution of rewards and punishments obtains on this side the grave ; a circumstance no otherwise to be reconciled to our suitable concep- tions of divine ...
... appear in the moral government of the world , that any such just and regular distribution of rewards and punishments obtains on this side the grave ; a circumstance no otherwise to be reconciled to our suitable concep- tions of divine ...
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Page 111 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Page 116 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Page 222 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 86 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 149 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 92 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 121 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Page 126 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 77 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 91 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.