The Classical Journal, Volume 32

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A. J. Valpay., 1825
 

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Page 181 - to do a deed of shame, This murder had not come into my mind : But, taking note of thy abhorr'd aspect, Finding thee fit for bloody villainy, Apt, liable, to be employ'd in danger, I faintly broke with thee of Arthur's death ; And thou, to be endeared to a king, Made it no conscience to destroy a prince. JOHN.
Page 170 - having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first, with a thought, created the waters ; and placed in them a productive seed," which became a bright egg, in which he remained alone ; when, by the operation of thought, he caused it to divide itself into two parts, the
Page 267 - For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act,
Page 214 - so are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them ; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Page 181 - JOHN. Hadst thou but shook thy head, or made a pause, When 1 spake darkly what I purposed ; Or turn'd an eye of doubt upon my face, As bid me tell my tale in express words ; Deep shame had struck me dumb, made me break off, And those thy fears might have wrought fears in me
Page 105 - of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 37.
Page 169 - on the surface of the abyss, and the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. From a personification of divine love, " a chaotic mixture was produced, and within it were comprehended the rudiments of all things." Then appeared the sun, moon, and stars, fishes and animals, and lastly two human beings.
Page 223 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the God: High heaven with trembling the dread
Page 213 - thou ? and I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen, for I will hasten my word to perform it. This
Page 83 - 5. Tho' it be honest, it is never good To bring bad news : give to a gracious message An host of tongues ; but let ill tidings Tell themselves, when they be felt.

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