The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 20William Beloe, Thomas Fanshaw Middleton, William Rowe Lyall, Robert Nares F. and C. Rivington, no. 62, St. Paul's Church-yard, to whom all communications respecting the review are to be directed, 1823 Reviews of new British and European publications and correspondence from readers. |
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... give law to hares and deers for they are beasts of chase . But it was never accounted either cruel or unfair to destroy foxes or wolves , wherever they can be found , for they are beasts of prey ! " The solicitor general is , at least ...
... give law to hares and deers for they are beasts of chase . But it was never accounted either cruel or unfair to destroy foxes or wolves , wherever they can be found , for they are beasts of prey ! " The solicitor general is , at least ...
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... give him credit for strength of nerve and firmness of principle : and how low soever may be our estimate of his practical skill in human nature , or of his worldly wisdom in reference to his own interests , we must admit that he follows ...
... give him credit for strength of nerve and firmness of principle : and how low soever may be our estimate of his practical skill in human nature , or of his worldly wisdom in reference to his own interests , we must admit that he follows ...
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... give occasion to the knavish to impose upon the simple ; to be upon our guard that we do not confound faith with superstition , hope with presumption , and charity with a criminal indifference to the limits of truth and false- hood ...
... give occasion to the knavish to impose upon the simple ; to be upon our guard that we do not confound faith with superstition , hope with presumption , and charity with a criminal indifference to the limits of truth and false- hood ...
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... give . way with more rapidity than many others . And this is all he does - for he bears no personal attestation to the instant or mode of the recovery . We do not say that they were not as they were described , but still some mercy ...
... give . way with more rapidity than many others . And this is all he does - for he bears no personal attestation to the instant or mode of the recovery . We do not say that they were not as they were described , but still some mercy ...
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... give our readers a full view of the manner in which this portion of the inquiry is conducted . The following account of the evidence for the authenticity of the books of the Old Testament generally , will however give them some idea of ...
... give our readers a full view of the manner in which this portion of the inquiry is conducted . The following account of the evidence for the authenticity of the books of the Old Testament generally , will however give them some idea of ...
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Page 645 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ ; that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 548 - O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God. Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. Nor ever shall the Muse's...
Page 547 - Still seem as to my childhood's sight A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place To cold material laws.
Page 465 - By thine hour of dire despair, By thine agony of prayer, By the cross, the nail, the thorn, Piercing spear and torturing scorn, By the gloom that veiled the skies O'er the dreadful sacrifice, Listen to our humble cry, Hear our solemn litany.
Page 546 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Page 548 - As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age, That first spoke peace to...
Page 663 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart...
Page 201 - Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
Page 546 - Striking and raging As if a war waging Its caverns and rocks among ; Rising and leaping, Sinking and creeping, Swelling and sweeping, Showering and springing, Flying and flinging, Writhing and ringing, Eddying and whisking. Spouting and frisking, Turning and twisting, Around and around With endless rebound : Smiting and fighting, A sight to delight in ; Confounding, astounding, Dizzying and deafening the ear with its sound.
Page 378 - To that they were, even to corrupted clay: That golden wyre, those sparckling stars so bright, Shall turne to dust, and lose their goodly light. But that faire lampe, from whose celestiall ray That light proceedes which kindleth lovers...