Brownson's Quarterly Review, Volume 4Orestes Augustus Brownson Benjamin H. Greene, 1850 |
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Page 95
... the murderer , the traitor , wish , no doubt , as much , and with as much justice . I have never found unbelievers actuated by a love of truth ; I have never found one of their number going forth in 1850. ] 95 Conversations of an Old Man .
... the murderer , the traitor , wish , no doubt , as much , and with as much justice . I have never found unbelievers actuated by a love of truth ; I have never found one of their number going forth in 1850. ] 95 Conversations of an Old Man .
Page 96
... truth , till I became a believer . I sought to refute that doctrine , or to establish this , never distinctly to ascertain what is true doctrine ; and I embraced the truth only as it forced itself upon me . I had no intention , no ...
... truth , till I became a believer . I sought to refute that doctrine , or to establish this , never distinctly to ascertain what is true doctrine ; and I embraced the truth only as it forced itself upon me . I had no intention , no ...
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... truth precisely as a monkey imitates a man . The body , half human and half Satanic , winds off in a serpentine manner , emblematic of the crookedness of his philosophy . On his head , in lieu of the Socratic bays , we discern a little ...
... truth precisely as a monkey imitates a man . The body , half human and half Satanic , winds off in a serpentine manner , emblematic of the crookedness of his philosophy . On his head , in lieu of the Socratic bays , we discern a little ...
Page 111
... truths as these sound rather jarringly upon the ear of one reared under the tuition of this " enlight- ened nineteenth century . " Many there are , who , without de- nying their truth , would laugh at one who were to utter them in a ...
... truths as these sound rather jarringly upon the ear of one reared under the tuition of this " enlight- ened nineteenth century . " Many there are , who , without de- nying their truth , would laugh at one who were to utter them in a ...
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... truth is one , and religion is God's truth , the order of truth and goodness , upon which all other orders of individual and social action , and in so far as they are not criminal even unconsciously , depend . The manner in which the ...
... truth is one , and religion is God's truth , the order of truth and goodness , upon which all other orders of individual and social action , and in so far as they are not criminal even unconsciously , depend . The manner in which the ...
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Page 100 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire, — that were low indeed ! That were an ignominy...
Page 98 - Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 443 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Page 430 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me,
Page 445 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness...
Page 507 - ... territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years.
Page 68 - and died away into silence. Then he beheld, in a dream, once more the home of his childhood ; Green Acadian meadows, with sylvan rivers among them, Village, and mountain, and woodlands ; and, walking under their shadow, As in the days of her youth, Evangeline rose in his vision. Tears came into his eyes ; and as slowly he lifted his eyelids, Vanished the vision away, but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion...
Page 68 - Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking. Then through those realms of shade, in multiplied reverberations, Heard he that cry of pain, and through the hush that succeeded Whispered a gentle voice, in accents tender and saint-like, '• Gabriel ! O my beloved !
Page 59 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses I Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows.
Page 68 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured, "Father, I thank thee!