The North British Review, Volume 2W.P. Kennedy, 1845 - English literature |
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... truths particular , and all alike , should not be reassembled into a compendious proposition , and so be expanded into a truth generical or truth universal . Now this is all that has been done by Mr. Malthus , when propounding his ...
... truths particular , and all alike , should not be reassembled into a compendious proposition , and so be expanded into a truth generical or truth universal . Now this is all that has been done by Mr. Malthus , when propounding his ...
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... truth , selfishness has given a re- taining fee to science , and to that which passes by the name ; and so , while the words of infinite wisdom are lightly regarded , men lay house to house , and field to field , and oppress the ...
... truth , selfishness has given a re- taining fee to science , and to that which passes by the name ; and so , while the words of infinite wisdom are lightly regarded , men lay house to house , and field to field , and oppress the ...
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... truth of its holding altogether the same among the workmen and their families , of all grades , who best frequent the chapels and conventicles of our sister country - and this , too , among those employments whether of the mine or of ...
... truth of its holding altogether the same among the workmen and their families , of all grades , who best frequent the chapels and conventicles of our sister country - and this , too , among those employments whether of the mine or of ...
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... truth in Natural History , he might allege no great dis- crepancy between it and the Bible . It is with the ethical injunc- tion which has been founded on the dogma , that he holds his chief quarrel — or when it is spoken of as a duty ...
... truth in Natural History , he might allege no great dis- crepancy between it and the Bible . It is with the ethical injunc- tion which has been founded on the dogma , that he holds his chief quarrel — or when it is spoken of as a duty ...
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... truth is , that love , in its state of abeyance or of probation , as it may be termed , as being still at a distance from its full and final gratification , so far from its general effect being to vitiate and degrade , acts with ...
... truth is , that love , in its state of abeyance or of probation , as it may be termed , as being still at a distance from its full and final gratification , so far from its general effect being to vitiate and degrade , acts with ...
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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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