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" ... whether he describes the duties, or dangers, or hopes of man, or the mercy, power, and justice of the Most High ; whether he exhorts or instructs his brethren, or offers up his supplications in their behalf to the common Father of all, his conceptions... "
Some Account of the Life of Reginald Heber - Page 85
by Reginald Heber - 1829 - 244 pages
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A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology, from Various ..., Volume 6

Jared Sparks - Theology - 1826 - 420 pages
...devotes his most glowing language ; to this his aptest illustrations ; his thoughts, and his words, 3 at once burst into a flame, when touched by the coals...talent, on an eminence superior to any of his immediate cotemporaries ; which has exempted him from the comparative neglect, into which the dry and repulsive...
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Selections from the Works of Jeremy Taylor: With Some Account of the Author ...

Jeremy Taylor - Theology - 1833 - 390 pages
...always kept in check by the depth and fervor of his religious feelings, his charity, and his humility. It is on devotional and moral subjects, however, that...gigantic talent, on an eminence superior to any of his immediate'contemporaries; which has exempted him from the comparative neglect, into which the dry and...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1835 - 542 pages
...concludes his work. " It is on devotional and moral subjects that the peculiar character of Taylor's mind is most, and most successfully, developed. To...eminence superior to any of his immediate contemporaries : and has seated him, by the almost unanimous estimate of posterity, on the same lofty elevation with...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Jeremy Taylor

English literature - 1833 - 336 pages
...always kept in check by the depth and fervor of his religious feelings, his charity, and his humility. It is on devotional and moral subjects, however, that...which they only want, what they cannot be said to iieed, the name and the metrical arrangement, It is this distinctive excellence, still more than the...
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The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs, Volume 5

Biography - 1835 - 312 pages
...instructs his brethren, or offers up his supplications in their behalf to the common Father of all, Ids conceptions and his expressions belong to the loftiest...eminence superior to any of his immediate contemporaries ; and has seated him, by the almost unanimous estimate of posterity, on the same lofty elevation with...
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Memoirs of the life and writings of ... Reginald Heber, late lord bishop of ...

Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1836 - 550 pages
...of all — his conceptions and his expressions belong to the loftiest and most sacred descriptions of poetry; of which they only want, what they cannot...said to need, the name and the metrical arrangement. " Seated, by the almost unanimous estimate of posterity, on the same lofty elevation with Hooper and...
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The Church of England Quarterly Review, Volume 5

1839 - 556 pages
...most, and most successfully, developed. To this service he devotes his most glowing language : to tliis his aptest illustrations : his thoughts and his words...It is this distinctive excellence, still more than th« other qualifications of learning and logical acuteness, which has placed liim, even in that age...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Bacon to Leibnitz

Biography - 1838 - 562 pages
...concludes his work. " It is on devotional and moral subjects that the peculiar character of Taylor's mind is most, and most successfully, developed. To...eminence superior to any of his immediate contemporaries ; and has seated him, by the almost unanimous estimate of posterity, on the same lofty elevation with...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times ...: Lord Bacon to Leibnitz

Biography - 1838 - 542 pages
...concludes his work. " It is on devotional and moral subjects that the peculiar character of Taylor's mind is most, and most successfully, developed. To...and logical acuteness, which has placed him, even iu that age of gigantic talent, on an eminence superior to any of his immediate contemporaries ; and...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 544 pages
...supplications in their behalf to the common Father of all, his conceptions and his expressions helong to the loftiest and most sacred description of poetry, of which they only want, what they cannot he said to need, the name and the metrical arrangement. "It is this distinctive excellence, still more...
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