The North British Review, Volume 2W.P. Kennedy, 1845 - English literature |
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... further back than thirty years ago , would have expunged geology from the encyclopædia of human learning . We have no fear but that from the assidu- ous labours of a sound Philosophy on the one hand 4 The Political Economy of the Bible .
... further back than thirty years ago , would have expunged geology from the encyclopædia of human learning . We have no fear but that from the assidu- ous labours of a sound Philosophy on the one hand 4 The Political Economy of the Bible .
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ous labours of a sound Philosophy on the one hand , and a sound Scripture Criticism on the other , a magnificent and unexcepted harmony is sure to emerge between the word of God and the works of God . Such , we believe , is the ...
ous labours of a sound Philosophy on the one hand , and a sound Scripture Criticism on the other , a magnificent and unexcepted harmony is sure to emerge between the word of God and the works of God . Such , we believe , is the ...
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... labour market - this we have ever held to be a most ridiculous undertaking , a truly grotesque and unpractical method for the accomplishment of the object which it professes . It is not most assuredly on the strength of any such ...
... labour market - this we have ever held to be a most ridiculous undertaking , a truly grotesque and unpractical method for the accomplishment of the object which it professes . It is not most assuredly on the strength of any such ...
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... labour is pre - eminently one of these articles . And just as a very slight overplus in the supply of labour causes a very great reduction in its wages , so would the reverse operation of a very slight relief in its amount obtain for it ...
... labour is pre - eminently one of these articles . And just as a very slight overplus in the supply of labour causes a very great reduction in its wages , so would the reverse operation of a very slight relief in its amount obtain for it ...
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... labour , there should yet appear so small an amount of fruit for eternity - inso- much that the number of genuine and vital Christians , Chris- tians in the full sense and significancy of the term , even in those places where the most ...
... labour , there should yet appear so small an amount of fruit for eternity - inso- much that the number of genuine and vital Christians , Chris- tians in the full sense and significancy of the term , even in those places where the most ...
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Page 145 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 261 - Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown...
Page 479 - I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
Page 122 - But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 15 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 307 - I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I...
Page 135 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 505 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them...
Page 234 - Boswell sent all round the town to attorneys for books that might enable him to distinguish himself — but in vain. He moved, however, for the writ, making the best use he could of the observations in the brief. The judge was perfectly astonished, and the audience amazed. The judge said, " I never heard of such a writ — what can it be that adheres pavimento f Are any of you gentlemen at the bar able to explain this ?
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