National Review, Volume 13Robert Theobold, 1861 |
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... least disparaging the labours of the profes- sors whose discoveries we are considering . If they were not chronologically the first to conceive the idea , they were the * Mr. Crookes , of London , has very recently announced his ...
... least disparaging the labours of the profes- sors whose discoveries we are considering . If they were not chronologically the first to conceive the idea , they were the * Mr. Crookes , of London , has very recently announced his ...
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... least seventy brilliant iron lines , of various colours , and of all degrees of intensity and of breadth ; whilst in the upper half of the field the solar spectrum , cut up , as it were , by hundreds of dark lines , exhibited its steady ...
... least seventy brilliant iron lines , of various colours , and of all degrees of intensity and of breadth ; whilst in the upper half of the field the solar spectrum , cut up , as it were , by hundreds of dark lines , exhibited its steady ...
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... least very little sodium exists . We shall be much inter- ested to learn what elements produce the blood - red and the blue- coloured light of certain stars . What if we should be enabled to map out , however imperfectly , the whole of ...
... least very little sodium exists . We shall be much inter- ested to learn what elements produce the blood - red and the blue- coloured light of certain stars . What if we should be enabled to map out , however imperfectly , the whole of ...
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... least in the earlier and larger portion of his volume , -brought to light any fact not already known , or even suggested any view which has not been anticipated by previous writers , yet such is the charm of his narrative , that he has ...
... least in the earlier and larger portion of his volume , -brought to light any fact not already known , or even suggested any view which has not been anticipated by previous writers , yet such is the charm of his narrative , that he has ...
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... least interesting and instructive - of the wonderful history of man . To understand it , we must not separate it from the nature of man . We must look at the phenomena which it presents to us truthfully , and not allow the arbitrary ...
... least interesting and instructive - of the wonderful history of man . To understand it , we must not separate it from the nature of man . We must look at the phenomena which it presents to us truthfully , and not allow the arbitrary ...
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Page 54 - Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Page 21 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.
Page 438 - Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance ; so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God and very man ; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead and buried, to reconcile His Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.
Page 213 - in the room of the Right Honourable William Pitt, who, since his election, has accepted the office of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Page 484 - ... and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president.
Page 470 - ... with the advice and approbation of the Senate, the power of making all treaties ; to have the sole appointment of the heads or chief officers of the departments of Finance, War, and Foreign Affairs...
Page 239 - AFRICA. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa : with Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and other Animals.
Page 438 - The offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 470 - All laws of the particular States contrary to the Constitution or laws of the United States to be utterly void; and the better to prevent such laws being passed, the Governor or President...
Page 48 - I do approve of the doctrine and worship and government of the Church of England by law established, as containing all things necessary to salvation ; and I promise, in the exercise of my ministry, to preach and practise according thereunto.