The Metropolitan, Volume 43James Cochrane, 1845 - English literature |
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... Affection , The , 82 Song for all Seasons , 350 Sonnet , 402 , 1620 Stanzas to the Art of Printing , 341 Strike the Tents of Snow , 189 Trust Reclaimed , The , 249 Turkish Song , 114 Unpublished Play , Scene from an , 356 Wife , The ...
... Affection , The , 82 Song for all Seasons , 350 Sonnet , 402 , 1620 Stanzas to the Art of Printing , 341 Strike the Tents of Snow , 189 Trust Reclaimed , The , 249 Turkish Song , 114 Unpublished Play , Scene from an , 356 Wife , The ...
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... affections , and to form from these wise , vir- tuous , and sufficient motives to action . You have already , by developing its affections and exciting its sympathies in the manner described , inclined it to do right ; you must now ...
... affections , and to form from these wise , vir- tuous , and sufficient motives to action . You have already , by developing its affections and exciting its sympathies in the manner described , inclined it to do right ; you must now ...
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... affections in infancy and childhood , was not thought of , while a contrary training was , in many instances prac- tised ; thirdly , because veneration , instead of being excited to the beauty and value of veracity , and the evil ...
... affections in infancy and childhood , was not thought of , while a contrary training was , in many instances prac- tised ; thirdly , because veneration , instead of being excited to the beauty and value of veracity , and the evil ...
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... affections by this association with real events interesting to and within the comprehension of children , would become landmarks to the moral percep- tions never to be removed . As children are still more forcibly struck and still ...
... affections by this association with real events interesting to and within the comprehension of children , would become landmarks to the moral percep- tions never to be removed . As children are still more forcibly struck and still ...
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... affection , it might almost be said , a passion ; while , beyond a doubt , the noble ambition of the soul which it awakens to resemble that which we thus admire , has all the fervour of passion . It is the germ of fitness for a future ...
... affection , it might almost be said , a passion ; while , beyond a doubt , the noble ambition of the soul which it awakens to resemble that which we thus admire , has all the fervour of passion . It is the germ of fitness for a future ...
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Page 125 - For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Page 125 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 229 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 130 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Page 131 - For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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Page 392 - These were mentioned as among the general rules of the game, serving" to denote its character. It was agreed that Mr. Canning, assisted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who sat next to him, should put the questions ; and that I, assisted by Lord Granville, who sat next to me, should give the answers. Lord Granville and myself were consequently to have the thought, or secret, in common; and it was well understood, that the discovery of it, if made, was to be the fair result of mental inference...