The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ecclesiastical & literary miscellany, Volume 241852 |
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... considering , with its ' ring - stone , ' to which the victim was tied previous to the sacrifice . Dr. Henry has indeed endeavoured to combine the two systems . He speaks of groves , in the centre of which were rows of large stones set ...
... considering , with its ' ring - stone , ' to which the victim was tied previous to the sacrifice . Dr. Henry has indeed endeavoured to combine the two systems . He speaks of groves , in the centre of which were rows of large stones set ...
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... considering all its confessed disadvan- tages , have possessed in itself a means of resistance beyond what we have generally given it credit for , when we find it without a decisive invasion for more than forty years ; and even then the ...
... considering all its confessed disadvan- tages , have possessed in itself a means of resistance beyond what we have generally given it credit for , when we find it without a decisive invasion for more than forty years ; and even then the ...
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... consider ere we condemn his theory , remembering ( in spite of Mr. Smee ) that there are as yet no laws discovered to which the human will or heart are amenable , especially in an age of strange and striking combina- tions , of intense ...
... consider ere we condemn his theory , remembering ( in spite of Mr. Smee ) that there are as yet no laws discovered to which the human will or heart are amenable , especially in an age of strange and striking combina- tions , of intense ...
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... consider - a period not less remarkable for the mighty interests involved in the battle then fought out , than for the personal qualities of those engaged in it , and their singular adaptation to the parts they severally played . It may ...
... consider - a period not less remarkable for the mighty interests involved in the battle then fought out , than for the personal qualities of those engaged in it , and their singular adaptation to the parts they severally played . It may ...
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... consider her feelings wounded by the event , there was something about the affair that she would rather keep out of sight . Is there anything in history more detestable than the whole of this letter ? The coldness , the hypocrisy , the ...
... consider her feelings wounded by the event , there was something about the affair that she would rather keep out of sight . Is there anything in history more detestable than the whole of this letter ? The coldness , the hypocrisy , the ...
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Page 321 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 22 - It is no wonder,' said the lords, ' She is more beautiful than day.' As shines the moon in clouded skies, She in her poor attire was seen : One praised her ankles, one her eyes, One her dark hair and lovesome mien.
Page 309 - Poet, and, perhaps, in a much greater degree : for there can be no presumption in saying of most readers, that it is not probable they will be so well acquainted with the various stages of meaning through which words have passed...
Page 255 - Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Page 321 - He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away: He reck'd not of the life he lost, nor prize ; But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday.
Page 49 - ... it is a heartbreak for her to think that he should be her husband, and how to be free of him, she sees no outgate .... I see between them no agreement, nor no appearance that they shall agree well thereafter".
Page 310 - Poets do not write for Poets alone, but for men. Unless therefore we are advocates for that admiration which subsists upon ignorance, and that pleasure which arises from hearing what we do not understand, the Poet must descend from this supposed height ; and, in order to excite rational sympathy, he must express himself as other men express themselves.
Page 138 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye...
Page 310 - He is a man speaking to men — a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind...
Page 412 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.