The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1805 - English literature |
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... possession of the Agricultural Society of Carolina , they pro- pose to continue and to cultivate those useful vegetables of the old continent , which , from resemblance of climate Michaux Travels in the United States . 77.
... possession of the Agricultural Society of Carolina , they pro- pose to continue and to cultivate those useful vegetables of the old continent , which , from resemblance of climate Michaux Travels in the United States . 77.
Page 84
... so devoutly to be wished , ' seems not to have been unknown to Mr. Partridge ; and though we cannot congratulate him on the success of his achievements , * though we cannot assign to him the possession and 84 Partridge's Sermons .
... so devoutly to be wished , ' seems not to have been unknown to Mr. Partridge ; and though we cannot congratulate him on the success of his achievements , * though we cannot assign to him the possession and 84 Partridge's Sermons .
Page 85
Or, Annals of Literature. * though we cannot assign to him the possession and display of that onction whose potency sways equally and altogether the reason and the affections , we are ready and bound to praise him for good intention ...
Or, Annals of Literature. * though we cannot assign to him the possession and display of that onction whose potency sways equally and altogether the reason and the affections , we are ready and bound to praise him for good intention ...
Page 90
... possessed of more or less sagacity and actual information , and according to the nature of his education , habits , predo- minant passions , and prejudices . To call credulity an innate and instinctive principle , is to say , that man ...
... possessed of more or less sagacity and actual information , and according to the nature of his education , habits , predo- minant passions , and prejudices . To call credulity an innate and instinctive principle , is to say , that man ...
Page 97
... possession of a bible , and a very small share of common sense , capable of mak ing equally good reflections for himself ; and to such we shall recommend the guide to which he has been accustomed from his infancy , in preference to the ...
... possession of a bible , and a very small share of common sense , capable of mak ing equally good reflections for himself ; and to such we shall recommend the guide to which he has been accustomed from his infancy , in preference to the ...
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Page 47 - Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say ? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods : because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Page 231 - And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die ; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St. David's ruined pile ; And, home' returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair !...
Page 50 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 231 - If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight; For the gay beams of lightsome day, Gild, but to flout, the ruins grey.
Page 228 - In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot; Cold diffidence and age's frost In the full tide of song were lost...
Page 162 - God but by new birth, nor according to the manifest ordinary course of divine dispensation newborn, but by that baptism which both declareth and maketh us Christians. In which respect we justly hold it to be the door of our actual entrance into God's house, the first apparent beginning of life, a seal perhaps to the grace of Election, before received, but to our sanctification here a step that hath not any before it.
Page 382 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 48 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 45 - And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure...
Page 141 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...