The North British Review, Volume 2W.P. Kennedy, 1845 - English literature |
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... Political Economy , as if to exterminate , or to lay a total extinguisher upon the science , he only brushes aside the Political Economy of others , and this to make room for a Politi- cal Economy of his own . Yet amid all the defects ...
... Political Economy , as if to exterminate , or to lay a total extinguisher upon the science , he only brushes aside the Political Economy of others , and this to make room for a Politi- cal Economy of his own . Yet amid all the defects ...
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... Political Economy . He , making use of an expression in Holy Writ , stigmatizes it as " science falsely so called " -forgetting that in these words we have the vir- tual acknowledgment of a science truly so called - so that while there ...
... Political Economy . He , making use of an expression in Holy Writ , stigmatizes it as " science falsely so called " -forgetting that in these words we have the vir- tual acknowledgment of a science truly so called - so that while there ...
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... Political Arithmetic could be constructed , from which it might appear that this age is 18 in the one case , and 25 in the other , is there aught to provoke the indignation of the virtuous and good , either in the act of col- lecting ...
... Political Arithmetic could be constructed , from which it might appear that this age is 18 in the one case , and 25 in the other , is there aught to provoke the indignation of the virtuous and good , either in the act of col- lecting ...
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... political economy . And accord- ingly , and very naturally , as the Bible and they are at variance , they agree to lay the Bible on the shelf , and to assert , that however neces- sary and supreme in its own department - the concerns of ...
... political economy . And accord- ingly , and very naturally , as the Bible and they are at variance , they agree to lay the Bible on the shelf , and to assert , that however neces- sary and supreme in its own department - the concerns of ...
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... political economy by a celebrated author , in which the chief part of all the woes of the country were traced to one cause , ' surplus population . ' ' This cannot be true ! ' was his indignant reply to the friend who had lent him the ...
... political economy by a celebrated author , in which the chief part of all the woes of the country were traced to one cause , ' surplus population . ' ' This cannot be true ! ' was his indignant reply to the friend who had lent him the ...
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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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