The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1832 |
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... less can it be than an abandonment of reason , for us to assume the possibility of something unknown , to contradict what is known ? How little also can be fairly de- duced from the silence of authors , even respecting the most un ...
... less can it be than an abandonment of reason , for us to assume the possibility of something unknown , to contradict what is known ? How little also can be fairly de- duced from the silence of authors , even respecting the most un ...
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... less hypothetical than that which limits its duration to a few thousand years ; - that he who pleads for a succession of innumerable partial revo- lutions , to account for that class of phenomena now generally called diluvial , is not less ...
... less hypothetical than that which limits its duration to a few thousand years ; - that he who pleads for a succession of innumerable partial revo- lutions , to account for that class of phenomena now generally called diluvial , is not less ...
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... less certain of multitudes of truths which are unsusceptible of demonstration , than we are of those which are demonstrated . If the most questionable and astound- ing announcements of a book , professing to have been given by Divine ...
... less certain of multitudes of truths which are unsusceptible of demonstration , than we are of those which are demonstrated . If the most questionable and astound- ing announcements of a book , professing to have been given by Divine ...
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... less convincing than the most positive proof . We have dwelt at the greater length upon the volume before us , as being the work of a layman devoted to literature and science , and as it seems , in these times , peculiarly desirable to ...
... less convincing than the most positive proof . We have dwelt at the greater length upon the volume before us , as being the work of a layman devoted to literature and science , and as it seems , in these times , peculiarly desirable to ...
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... less inviting and more appropriate . The book is got up in a very respectable style , and is embellished with several plates , consisting of fac - similes of the various existing monuments to which the appeal is made , and comprises ...
... less inviting and more appropriate . The book is got up in a very respectable style , and is embellished with several plates , consisting of fac - similes of the various existing monuments to which the appeal is made , and comprises ...
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Page 180 - None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him...
Page 400 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Page 493 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 525 - the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty...
Page 158 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 432 - It was about the lovely close of a warm, summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet, beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile. At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held her close in chase.
Page 432 - The . freshening breeze of eve unfurled that banner's massy fold ; The parting gleam of sunshine kissed that haughty scroll of gold; Night sank upon the dusky beach, and on the purple sea, Such night in England ne'er had been, nor e'er again shall be.
Page 179 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 184 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Page 85 - Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and...