The Retrospective Review, Volume 11Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1825 - Books |
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Page 45
... interest- ing hour in the perusal of it , when the acuteness and fury of the ethereal fire , which has pervaded our joints , has subsided into that gentle tingling , which stirs the faculties , and gives a man the pleasure to know and ...
... interest- ing hour in the perusal of it , when the acuteness and fury of the ethereal fire , which has pervaded our joints , has subsided into that gentle tingling , which stirs the faculties , and gives a man the pleasure to know and ...
Page 46
... interests were con- cerned , he could subdue the madness of his fanaticism , -but that where the lives of his subjects were the only sacrifice , he did not hesitate to offer them upon the altar of his bigotry . In the course of his ...
... interests were con- cerned , he could subdue the madness of his fanaticism , -but that where the lives of his subjects were the only sacrifice , he did not hesitate to offer them upon the altar of his bigotry . In the course of his ...
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... interest . Had the contents of these works been varied by lively descriptions of scenery and manners , they would have proved infinitely more acceptable to the general reader , and would have answered more abundantly the purpose of ...
... interest . Had the contents of these works been varied by lively descriptions of scenery and manners , they would have proved infinitely more acceptable to the general reader , and would have answered more abundantly the purpose of ...
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... interests of literature . Nay , we have been sometimes in- clined to believe , that the apathy in question has even had its root in those peculiar religious propensities to which Wales has , for a long series of years , been ...
... interests of literature . Nay , we have been sometimes in- clined to believe , that the apathy in question has even had its root in those peculiar religious propensities to which Wales has , for a long series of years , been ...
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... interests and encouragement of literature , there are a few li- beral - minded and spirited individuals , whose utmost efforts have been exercised to counteract the effects of this reproach- ful indifference ; and these are the ...
... interests and encouragement of literature , there are a few li- beral - minded and spirited individuals , whose utmost efforts have been exercised to counteract the effects of this reproach- ful indifference ; and these are the ...
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Page 210 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. "All they shall speak and say unto thee, 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?' "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Page 212 - For now should I have lain still and been quiet: I should have slept; then had I been at rest: With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves...
Page 87 - But oh ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels He sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve His wicked foe. " How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to...
Page 206 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; 1 will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 206 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 204 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 214 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion...
Page 183 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we.
Page 209 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 208 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.