The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1805 - English literature |
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... sufficient , unless accom- panied by a certain degree of cold , which is , doubtless , pro- duced often by evaporation , and perhaps too by absorption . These facts , while they remove all grounds of belief that blight is caused by ...
... sufficient , unless accom- panied by a certain degree of cold , which is , doubtless , pro- duced often by evaporation , and perhaps too by absorption . These facts , while they remove all grounds of belief that blight is caused by ...
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... sufficiently demonstrated . From that of Natalia ' we select the following passage : " Such was the life of the daughter of the Bojar , till she attained her seventeenth year . The circling seasons had again brought the spring all ...
... sufficiently demonstrated . From that of Natalia ' we select the following passage : " Such was the life of the daughter of the Bojar , till she attained her seventeenth year . The circling seasons had again brought the spring all ...
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... sufficient degree to produce the existing unfavourable effects ; whereas it appears , upon the clearest evidence , that such a sup- position is not only altogether erroneous , but that from a statement of the balance of debt the ...
... sufficient degree to produce the existing unfavourable effects ; whereas it appears , upon the clearest evidence , that such a sup- position is not only altogether erroneous , but that from a statement of the balance of debt the ...
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... sufficient quantity of bank of England paper to supply the demand . ' This , however , we conceive has been overrated , and no further loss would accrue than what the previous misconduct of the bank of Ireland directors deservedly ...
... sufficient quantity of bank of England paper to supply the demand . ' This , however , we conceive has been overrated , and no further loss would accrue than what the previous misconduct of the bank of Ireland directors deservedly ...
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... sufficient magnitude to ren- der it practicable to call in the whole of the base coin now in circulation . It appears to be further desirable , that in the adoption of this plan there should be an assimilation in the value of the ...
... sufficient magnitude to ren- der it practicable to call in the whole of the base coin now in circulation . It appears to be further desirable , that in the adoption of this plan there should be an assimilation in the value of 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...