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... Greek Philosophy . In two vols . Longman & Co. , London , 1846 . THE vapid novels or romances which forty years ago ... Greeks indeed had not as yet produced prose works of fiction , unless the dialogues of Plato are to be so ...
... Greek Philosophy . In two vols . Longman & Co. , London , 1846 . THE vapid novels or romances which forty years ago ... Greeks indeed had not as yet produced prose works of fiction , unless the dialogues of Plato are to be so ...
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... Greeks , ex- pounded the great doctrine , that the Gods were not ( as the common mythology taught ) the giant first - born children of nature , nor was this universe made by chance or self - causation ; but that all was moulded under ...
... Greeks , ex- pounded the great doctrine , that the Gods were not ( as the common mythology taught ) the giant first - born children of nature , nor was this universe made by chance or self - causation ; but that all was moulded under ...
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... Greek mythology , often amazes us , when we set side by side the invectives of the Hebrew Prophets against idolatry ; who must be mad fanatics , if the Greek wor- ship deserved to be looked at with any equanimity . Yet calm historians ...
... Greek mythology , often amazes us , when we set side by side the invectives of the Hebrew Prophets against idolatry ; who must be mad fanatics , if the Greek wor- ship deserved to be looked at with any equanimity . Yet calm historians ...
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... Greek than of an Athenian . His politics were those of Aris- tides or Isocrates . He desired to unite Greece against Persia . His measures , and only his , would have kept Athens and Sparta in political amity ; while they did not hinder ...
... Greek than of an Athenian . His politics were those of Aris- tides or Isocrates . He desired to unite Greece against Persia . His measures , and only his , would have kept Athens and Sparta in political amity ; while they did not hinder ...
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... Greek as the game of the mountains or the feathered fowl . But all felt that Greeks had rights towards Greeks , and especially that the money of allies , at first freely contributed , could not be justly exacted by compulsion , and then ...
... Greek as the game of the mountains or the feathered fowl . But all felt that Greeks had rights towards Greeks , and especially that the money of allies , at first freely contributed , could not be justly exacted by compulsion , and then ...
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Page 299 - ... fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness : for bodily exercise is profitable for a little ; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
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Page 750 - There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — — such as it was...
Page 355 - O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 14 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 571 - Other refuge have I none; Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me.
Page 572 - Christ formed in his heart the hope of glory," — oneness, incorporation, vital and conscious union with the Lord. From this time " the life that he lived in the flesh, he lived by the faith of the Son of God, who loved him and gave himself for him,
Page 575 - Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand, From thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer, And God's grace fructify through thee to all. The least flower, with a brimming cup may stand And share its dewdrop with another near.
Page 691 - Walking by the seaside, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with me water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space, filled with young shrimps...
Page 330 - We then feel a new sentiment or impression, to wit, a customary connexion in the thought or imagination between one object and its usual attendant; and this sentiment is the original of that idea 10 which we seek for.