The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 10A. Constable & Company, 1821 |
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... proved , not his unalterable religious opinion . The remarkable line in the " Hind and Panther , " seems to refer to the state of his mind at this period ; and this system of divinity was among the " new sparkles which his pride had ...
... proved , not his unalterable religious opinion . The remarkable line in the " Hind and Panther , " seems to refer to the state of his mind at this period ; and this system of divinity was among the " new sparkles which his pride had ...
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... proving too much , the Holy Scrip- tures are referred to as the sole rule of faith ; admitting such ex- planations as the church of England has given to the contested doctrines of Christianity . The unlettered Christian , we are told ...
... proving too much , the Holy Scrip- tures are referred to as the sole rule of faith ; admitting such ex- planations as the church of England has given to the contested doctrines of Christianity . The unlettered Christian , we are told ...
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... prove to those he taught ; By ill instructions to their loss beguiled , Or scorning precepts from a tongue defiled With stage obscenity- For who could have refrained from sportive mirth , To hear the nation's poet , Bayes , hold forth ...
... prove to those he taught ; By ill instructions to their loss beguiled , Or scorning precepts from a tongue defiled With stage obscenity- For who could have refrained from sportive mirth , To hear the nation's poet , Bayes , hold forth ...
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... prove to thy new gods as true , As thy old friend , the devil , has been to you . Yet conscience and religion's your pretence , But bread and drink the methologick sense . Ah ! how persuasive is the want of bread , Not reasons from ...
... prove to thy new gods as true , As thy old friend , the devil , has been to you . Yet conscience and religion's your pretence , But bread and drink the methologick sense . Ah ! how persuasive is the want of bread , Not reasons from ...
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... prove religion by reason , do but weaken the cause which they endeavour to support : it is to take away the pillars from our faith , and to prop it only with a twig ; it is to design a tower , like that of Babel , which , if it were ...
... prove religion by reason , do but weaken the cause which they endeavour to support : it is to take away the pillars from our faith , and to prop it only with a twig ; it is to design a tower , like that of Babel , which , if it were ...
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Page 151 - The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith.
Page 418 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 145 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 151 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 238 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 421 - This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play : This is that boasted bias of thy mind, By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclined: Which makes thy writings lean on one side still, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will.
Page 41 - Whence but from Heaven could men, unskilled in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? or how or why Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? Unasked their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain and martyrdom their price.
Page 15 - WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 421 - Of his dominion may no end be known, And greater than his father's be his throne ; Beyond Love's Kingdom let him stretch his pen !' — He paused, and all the people cried, ' Amen,' Then thus continued he : ' My son, advance Still in new impudence, new ignorance.
Page 37 - Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.