The Southern Review, Volume 4A. E. Miller., 1829 |
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... necessary to satisfy reasonable inquiry . The Celts were noto- riously fair complexioned , and light - haired of a yellow tinge . Does this agree with the Gauls or Scythæ ? Of the Phoenician Colonies in Ireland . ( 80. ) We have as yet ...
... necessary to satisfy reasonable inquiry . The Celts were noto- riously fair complexioned , and light - haired of a yellow tinge . Does this agree with the Gauls or Scythæ ? Of the Phoenician Colonies in Ireland . ( 80. ) We have as yet ...
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... necessary , in a more northern latitude . 7. We are aware of the inaccuracy , the culpable quotation , the arrogant dogmatism of Pinkerton : we acknowledge that the author of the " Vindication of the Celts , " has shewn this : we do not ...
... necessary , in a more northern latitude . 7. We are aware of the inaccuracy , the culpable quotation , the arrogant dogmatism of Pinkerton : we acknowledge that the author of the " Vindication of the Celts , " has shewn this : we do not ...
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... necessary to these stupendous erections to be communicated among persons who wrote no books , and who probably could not write at all ? How were workmen , particularly the architects or master ma- sons , to instruct or be instructed ...
... necessary to these stupendous erections to be communicated among persons who wrote no books , and who probably could not write at all ? How were workmen , particularly the architects or master ma- sons , to instruct or be instructed ...
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... necessary for the mutual inter- change of knowledge , and for the handing of it down from one generation to the next . The origin of Freemasonry , then , may be traced to about half a century after the Crusades . When writing and ...
... necessary for the mutual inter- change of knowledge , and for the handing of it down from one generation to the next . The origin of Freemasonry , then , may be traced to about half a century after the Crusades . When writing and ...
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... necessary , and has not been of advantage to pure and practical Christian- ity . In this , as in other respects , the Society of Friends and Mr. Higgins have an undoubted right to entertain their own opinions , and our readers , a ...
... necessary , and has not been of advantage to pure and practical Christian- ity . In this , as in other respects , the Society of Friends and Mr. Higgins have an undoubted right to entertain their own opinions , and our readers , a ...
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Page 156 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all ,with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 160 - ... outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Page 463 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Page 456 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 257 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 321 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy...
Page 332 - ... though I were sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones; and had none to cry to but with the prophet, "O earth, earth, earth!
Page 457 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 213 - Hunter's pithy remark is quoted, "some physiologists will have it, that the stomach is a mill, others, that it is a fermenting vat, others, again, that it is a stew-pan; but, in my view of the matter, it is neither a mill, a fermenting vat nor a stew-pan ; but a stomach, gentlemen, a stomach.
Page 355 - It is the sinfullest thing in the world to forsake or destitute a plantation once in forwardness; for besides the dishonour, it is the guiltiness of blood of many commiserable persons.