THE MONTHLY REVIEW; OR,LITERARY JOURNAL

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Page 544 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 544 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will lift up My hand to the Gentiles, and set up My standard to the people : and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Page 99 - 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 85 - ... extent, the French king's lay more compact ; Francis governed his kingdom with absolute power; that of Charles was limited, but he supplied the want of authority by address ; the...
Page 85 - ... and more patient of fatigue. The talents and abilities of the two monarchs were as...
Page 31 - I am apt to suspect the negroes and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation.
Page 87 - The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral.
Page 297 - ... that the constitution of England had arrived to its full vigour, and the true balance between liberty and prerogative was happily established by law, in the reign of king Charles the second.
Page 34 - That no man of what estate or condition that he be, shall be put out of land or tenement, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without being brought in answer by due process of law.
Page 61 - ... poets, which abound with fancy, and are the most amusing scenes in nature. There are three or four of this kind in Chaucer admirable : " the Flower and the Leaf every body has been delighted with.

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