The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1846 |
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... better to keep low in the world than to climb only to fall . It is dark , save when the clouds break into white scud above ; and silent , except the snort of the wind , and the rattling of hail , and the eaves of dropping rain . Come in ...
... better to keep low in the world than to climb only to fall . It is dark , save when the clouds break into white scud above ; and silent , except the snort of the wind , and the rattling of hail , and the eaves of dropping rain . Come in ...
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... better educated and more thoughtful only of this extraordinary population , we shall confine our observations to one topic , but that , in our esteem , the most comprehensive and important . Their great need is what we have already ...
... better educated and more thoughtful only of this extraordinary population , we shall confine our observations to one topic , but that , in our esteem , the most comprehensive and important . Their great need is what we have already ...
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... better . A good deal of the suspicion which prevails respecting this important class , and which many foster who ought to reprove it , arises , we are persuaded , from what those persons would be sorry to sanc- tion - a secret belief in ...
... better . A good deal of the suspicion which prevails respecting this important class , and which many foster who ought to reprove it , arises , we are persuaded , from what those persons would be sorry to sanc- tion - a secret belief in ...
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... better to buy silence than encounter opposition ; and he may do it on the higher ground of enlisting a powerful advocacy in favour of a good cause . A minister may thus cultivate acquaintance with general literature , and aid the ...
... better to buy silence than encounter opposition ; and he may do it on the higher ground of enlisting a powerful advocacy in favour of a good cause . A minister may thus cultivate acquaintance with general literature , and aid the ...
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... better than something , or than anything , else , but the engagement which alone meets the master - craving of the mind . He only will do much in it , who could do nothing out of it ; who feels that it is not an office selected , so ...
... better than something , or than anything , else , but the engagement which alone meets the master - craving of the mind . He only will do much in it , who could do nothing out of it ; who feels that it is not an office selected , so ...
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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.
Page 124 - SHARPE (S.) The History of Egypt, from the Earliest Times till the Conquest by the Arabs, AD 640.
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.