...that is an insatiable thirst for novelty. The Athenians, we know, in the decline of their state, " spent their time in nothing else but " either to tell or hear some new thing*." in this respect, whatever may be the case in others, we fall very little short of that elegant but...

...certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what thèse things mean. 21 (For ail thé Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in thé midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men...

...point. Changing my station, my attention •was arrested by another group, whom like the Athenians, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or hear some new thing. One shruged his shoulders, while 1 collected the sentence, " No doubt Government is making Sunday-schools...

...something new. It was so in the days of the Apostles ; the people were desirous to hear something new. "For all the Athenians and strangers which were there,...else, but either to te«ll or hear some new thing." If we inquire into the cause of this natural disposition, almost universally implanted in the breasts...

...character has received a graphic and pregnant delineation from the pen of the sacre^f' historian : — " For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear, some new thing." (Acts xvii. 21.) Demosthenes, in one of his Orations, delivered...

...philosophy. The following verse in the Acts of the Apostles bears testimony to the truth of this remark — " For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to hear or tell some new thing." Of how many of my countrymen does this at present constitute the only...

...altered to the Athenian Mercury. And the project was founded, as himself tells us, on Acts xvii. 21. " for all the ATHENIANS, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else but either to TELL or to HEAR some new thing." The object of the work was to receive and answer all questions...

...thou bringest certain strange things to our ears ; we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) 22 If Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye...

...thou bringest certain strange things to our ears : we would know therefore, what these things mean. (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thingd)." To this kind of professors, the greatest truths grow out of...

...strange things to our Athens, ^dwf&n ears : we would know therefore what these things mean. ol. ' 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men...