The National Review, Volume 13Robert Theobald, 1861 |
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... truth , that a given definite series of rays proceed only from a certain element , of which they may be used as a sure indication . In doing this , we utterly disavow any intention of in the least disparaging the labours of the profes ...
... truth , that a given definite series of rays proceed only from a certain element , of which they may be used as a sure indication . In doing this , we utterly disavow any intention of in the least disparaging the labours of the profes ...
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... truth of the assertion that iron was contained in the sun flashed upon the mind at once . " In the whole range of the sciences there will scarcely be found an experiment so intrinsically beautiful in itself , or so preg- nant with ...
... truth of the assertion that iron was contained in the sun flashed upon the mind at once . " In the whole range of the sciences there will scarcely be found an experiment so intrinsically beautiful in itself , or so preg- nant with ...
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... truth , and fewer liabilities to hurtful error , monstrous as the form undoubtedly was which it ultimately assumed , than the Homoiusian . The real distinction was more than the retention or the omission of a single letter . The former ...
... truth , and fewer liabilities to hurtful error , monstrous as the form undoubtedly was which it ultimately assumed , than the Homoiusian . The real distinction was more than the retention or the omission of a single letter . The former ...
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... truth , " that only through the image of perfect humanity can perfect divinity be made known to us . " Origen and Jerome were more learned ; Augustine more subtle and profound ; Ambrose was as imperi- ous , though not so genial ; but in ...
... truth , " that only through the image of perfect humanity can perfect divinity be made known to us . " Origen and Jerome were more learned ; Augustine more subtle and profound ; Ambrose was as imperi- ous , though not so genial ; but in ...
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... truth . Free learning , with few exceptions , virtually ceased from that time , and was superseded by ecclesiastical dogmatism . Again , it is not consistent with historical fact to represent " the first signal instance of the strange ...
... truth . Free learning , with few exceptions , virtually ceased from that time , and was superseded by ecclesiastical dogmatism . Again , it is not consistent with historical fact to represent " the first signal instance of the strange ...
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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 434 - 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 211 - 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 480 - ... 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 237 - 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 422 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree ; him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 466 - ... 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 374 - ... Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Page 355 - What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left...