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... instances a letter of little interest is preceded by a long history of still less , for the purpose of making that letter intelligible , by detailing some transaction to which it relates ; as in that part of the book referring to the ...
... instances a letter of little interest is preceded by a long history of still less , for the purpose of making that letter intelligible , by detailing some transaction to which it relates ; as in that part of the book referring to the ...
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... instance , betray them to this ridicule and this censure , There is no end of the amplifications and repetitions about my book , my poems , my ode , my epigram , my translations , my corrections , my new edition , my next production ...
... instance , betray them to this ridicule and this censure , There is no end of the amplifications and repetitions about my book , my poems , my ode , my epigram , my translations , my corrections , my new edition , my next production ...
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... instance where some important principle of criticism is discussed in immediate connection with any articles of the author's own performances , so that his remarks respecting his compositions , shall become instructive lessons on the art ...
... instance where some important principle of criticism is discussed in immediate connection with any articles of the author's own performances , so that his remarks respecting his compositions , shall become instructive lessons on the art ...
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... instance , is not a pro- per text for a sermon on the duties of masters and servants . On Christian liberty Mr. B. thus discourses , - " " The tyrant which most effectually captivates and enslaves the sinner is the love of the world ...
... instance , is not a pro- per text for a sermon on the duties of masters and servants . On Christian liberty Mr. B. thus discourses , - " " The tyrant which most effectually captivates and enslaves the sinner is the love of the world ...
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... instance spurned an offer of ten thousand pounds , " ( an immense sum in those days ) " and to be made the best Lord in the Country ; ” — at a time too , when he was draining his private purse in support of the public service . He never ...
... instance spurned an offer of ten thousand pounds , " ( an immense sum in those days ) " and to be made the best Lord in the Country ; ” — at a time too , when he was draining his private purse in support of the public service . He never ...
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Page 252 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 534 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 421 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 522 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 384 - How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start...
Page 534 - ... and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst...
Page 419 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 439 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page 65 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart, and voice, and eyes Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God Supreme, who made him chief Of all his works...
Page 384 - I CLIMB'D the dark brow of the mighty Hellvellyn, Lakes and mountains beneath me gleam'd misty and wide ; All was still, save by fits, when the eagle was yelling. And starting around me the echoes replied.