The London Quarterly Review, Volume 4William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison Hamilton, Adams, and Company, 1855 |
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... Moral Reflections . Translated by the late Marquis of Ormonde - Muspratt's Chemistry , Theoretical , Practical , and Analytical , as applied and relating to the Arts and Manufactures ...... 521 THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW . APRIL , 1855 ...
... Moral Reflections . Translated by the late Marquis of Ormonde - Muspratt's Chemistry , Theoretical , Practical , and Analytical , as applied and relating to the Arts and Manufactures ...... 521 THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW . APRIL , 1855 ...
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... moral man - to a something else immedi- ately without and around him : the physical laws of his own material nature and of the world are treated as intrinsically evil , or leading to evil , while the true culprit - his selfish and ...
... moral man - to a something else immedi- ately without and around him : the physical laws of his own material nature and of the world are treated as intrinsically evil , or leading to evil , while the true culprit - his selfish and ...
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... moral precepts were left in the second rank . Among the populations of the West , on the contrary , a practical tendency was dominant from the outset . Ascetic precepts , and opposition to the customs and to the hierarchy of the Church ...
... moral precepts were left in the second rank . Among the populations of the West , on the contrary , a practical tendency was dominant from the outset . Ascetic precepts , and opposition to the customs and to the hierarchy of the Church ...
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... moral degradation , by exag- gerating the very influences which had produced the evil , -by yet more false views of human nature , and a sterner asceticism , and a stronger distinction between the spiritual man and the secular ...
... moral degradation , by exag- gerating the very influences which had produced the evil , -by yet more false views of human nature , and a sterner asceticism , and a stronger distinction between the spiritual man and the secular ...
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... moral change in the bulk of the population ; it was also the reason of their weakness in the hour of danger . The immense majority of the multitudes who perished by the arms of Simon de Montfort and his Cru- saders , were not themselves ...
... moral change in the bulk of the population ; it was also the reason of their weakness in the hour of danger . The immense majority of the multitudes who perished by the arms of Simon de Montfort and his Cru- saders , were not themselves ...
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Page 118 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Page 425 - One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which, in some manufactories, are all performed by distinct...
Page 414 - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Page 387 - If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me,
Page 387 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Page 25 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 274 - Ah ! since dark days still bring to light Man's prudence and man's fiery might, Time may restore us in his course Goethe's sage mind and Byron's force ; But where will Europe's latter hour Again find Wordsworth's healing power ? Others will teach us how to dare, And against fear our breast to steel ; Others will strengthen us to bear — But who, ah ! who, will make us feel ? The cloud of mortal destiny...
Page 112 - To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Page 47 - ... the end of the last and the commencement of the present century.
Page 544 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.