The volume of the affections; or, Bridal offeringSherwood, 1836 - 510 pages |
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Page 68
... Italy , or in Spain , by all the orators , historians , poets , or romancers ; with whom it is the custom and rule , that the same woman has every perfection of which any woman is capable . I add , that it is the first instance which we ...
... Italy , or in Spain , by all the orators , historians , poets , or romancers ; with whom it is the custom and rule , that the same woman has every perfection of which any woman is capable . I add , that it is the first instance which we ...
Page 74
... Italy , united the vices of the Romans with the fierce warlike spirit of barbarians . Christianity gave them laws , and modified , but did not change , their character . Religion mixed itself with their customs , without altering the ...
... Italy , united the vices of the Romans with the fierce warlike spirit of barbarians . Christianity gave them laws , and modified , but did not change , their character . Religion mixed itself with their customs , without altering the ...
Page 76
... Italy more laboured , the Spanish have more ima- gination ; and thus it ought to be . The natural character in the first , is owing to the military frankness of a people , accustomed to fight , as to think ; the Italian works owed their ...
... Italy more laboured , the Spanish have more ima- gination ; and thus it ought to be . The natural character in the first , is owing to the military frankness of a people , accustomed to fight , as to think ; the Italian works owed their ...
Page 78
... change in Italy : arts and letters were revived . This event produced a new alteration in the ideas and the employments of cele- brated women . A general impulse turned every mind towards the study of 78 RETROSPECTIVE ESSAY .
... change in Italy : arts and letters were revived . This event produced a new alteration in the ideas and the employments of cele- brated women . A general impulse turned every mind towards the study of 78 RETROSPECTIVE ESSAY .
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... Italy , where another species of ideas reigned , they continually made of love an adoration , or a worship . This mixture of gallantry and religion , of Platonism and poetry , the study of languages , and the study of laws , of ancient ...
... Italy , where another species of ideas reigned , they continually made of love an adoration , or a worship . This mixture of gallantry and religion , of Platonism and poetry , the study of languages , and the study of laws , of ancient ...
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Page 8 - 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.
Page 12 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged...
Page 10 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 15 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 8 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
Page 13 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 214 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 15 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 15 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 285 - Is it far away, in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold — Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand — Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? " " Not there, not there, my child...