Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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... probably for ever attend our inquiries respecting them , proceeds to take a general survey of the fa- culties of the human understanding ; and the greater part of the volume is occupied with observations and reasonings upon the powers ...
... probably for ever attend our inquiries respecting them , proceeds to take a general survey of the fa- culties of the human understanding ; and the greater part of the volume is occupied with observations and reasonings upon the powers ...
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... probably few persons whose full vigour would have been sufficient for the production of such a volume ; and certainly none , whose years of health and strength had not been assiduously devoted to the cultivation of science and letters ...
... probably few persons whose full vigour would have been sufficient for the production of such a volume ; and certainly none , whose years of health and strength had not been assiduously devoted to the cultivation of science and letters ...
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... have certainly been visible in the works of some of the most celebrated metaphysical writers in Scotland , and upon the continent ; and this probably is the real explanation of the evil report which has gone forth C 2 19.
... have certainly been visible in the works of some of the most celebrated metaphysical writers in Scotland , and upon the continent ; and this probably is the real explanation of the evil report which has gone forth C 2 19.
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... probably prepared for its reception by some similar discussions in the works of Gassendi . At a later period , it acquired much additional celebrity from the vague and exaggerated encomiums of Voltaire ; and it has since been assumed as ...
... probably prepared for its reception by some similar discussions in the works of Gassendi . At a later period , it acquired much additional celebrity from the vague and exaggerated encomiums of Voltaire ; and it has since been assumed as ...
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... probably , the most delicate modern ear cannot catch a single tone of its harmony . Where the taste was naturally so fine , it is not very extraordinary that the principles on which it may be cultivated and improved were not anxiously ...
... probably , the most delicate modern ear cannot catch a single tone of its harmony . Where the taste was naturally so fine , it is not very extraordinary that the principles on which it may be cultivated and improved were not anxiously ...
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Page 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Page 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Page 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...