The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 18F. and C. Rivington, 1822 - English literature |
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... light in our conception is different from the motion in the air that causes it . ' § 16. He has also unwarily , and unnecessarily to his own argument , used the phrase different nature * , when speaking of the divine attributes ; but it ...
... light in our conception is different from the motion in the air that causes it . ' § 16. He has also unwarily , and unnecessarily to his own argument , used the phrase different nature * , when speaking of the divine attributes ; but it ...
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... light which Dr. Cople- ston has thrown upon the argument from analogy , and its application to the question he is discussing . While exami ning the subject with a view to the objections urged against him by one of his opponents , he ...
... light which Dr. Cople- ston has thrown upon the argument from analogy , and its application to the question he is discussing . While exami ning the subject with a view to the objections urged against him by one of his opponents , he ...
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... of Sec- tarian sentimentality , with which the loungers in religious light - reading are so fond of bemuddling and bemystifying their feelings and their faculties . ART . IX . Journal of a Visit to some 56 Body and Soul .
... of Sec- tarian sentimentality , with which the loungers in religious light - reading are so fond of bemuddling and bemystifying their feelings and their faculties . ART . IX . Journal of a Visit to some 56 Body and Soul .
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... light the attainments and performances of his deceased friend . Mr. Playfair , we are told , wrote slowly , his first sketches being usually very slight and imperfect , like the rude chalk- ing of a masterly picture . His chief art and ...
... light the attainments and performances of his deceased friend . Mr. Playfair , we are told , wrote slowly , his first sketches being usually very slight and imperfect , like the rude chalk- ing of a masterly picture . His chief art and ...
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... lights to catch before they faded . All that was in his mind was subject to his controul and amenable to his call , though it might not obey at the moment : and while his taste was so sure that he was in no danger of over- working any ...
... lights to catch before they faded . All that was in his mind was subject to his controul and amenable to his call , though it might not obey at the moment : and while his taste was so sure that he was in no danger of over- working any ...
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Page 421 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Page 421 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 411 - And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 134 - But now I have written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 421 - Prayer ardent opens heaven, lets down a stream Of glory on the consecrated hour Of man, in audience with the Deity.
Page 528 - Of nicely-calculated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, spread that branching roof Self-poised, and scooped into ten thousand cells, Where light and shade repose, where music dwells Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof That they were born for immortality.
Page 424 - Her parents, the duke and duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading...
Page 528 - Albeit labouring for a scanty band Of white-robed Scholars only — this immense And glorious Work of fine intelligence ! Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more ; So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense...
Page 85 - On the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science since the Revival of letters in Europe.
Page 424 - and tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...