The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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... fact that in most or many cases they made large allowance for the position of the Protestants of the Continent . Their position was then , to a great extent , un- defined and provisional , and was capable of being regarded as , to a ...
... fact that in most or many cases they made large allowance for the position of the Protestants of the Continent . Their position was then , to a great extent , un- defined and provisional , and was capable of being regarded as , to a ...
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... fact that it is more than doubtful if a carriage of any sort could make its way through any town in Persia . It is certainly a fact that no carriage can be obtained for hire in any one of the large towns . There is at Tehran a ...
... fact that it is more than doubtful if a carriage of any sort could make its way through any town in Persia . It is certainly a fact that no carriage can be obtained for hire in any one of the large towns . There is at Tehran a ...
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... be God the Father . He has , in this monstrous and absurd language , addressed several of the Powers , as Mahommed did , to beware how they neglect his presence upon earth ; and it is a fact that this miserable 50 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
... be God the Father . He has , in this monstrous and absurd language , addressed several of the Powers , as Mahommed did , to beware how they neglect his presence upon earth ; and it is a fact that this miserable 50 THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW .
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... fact that a virtue when enforced loses half its merit . And it is somewhat strange that after the political force which compelled respect for the classical rules had passed away the mere force of tradition should have availed to keep it ...
... fact that a virtue when enforced loses half its merit . And it is somewhat strange that after the political force which compelled respect for the classical rules had passed away the mere force of tradition should have availed to keep it ...
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... fact that in the face of all these difficulties the company whose privilege it is to represent the works of Racine upon the French stage can still impress its hearers with a sense of their force and beauty , is no mean tribute to the ...
... fact that in the face of all these difficulties the company whose privilege it is to represent the works of Racine upon the French stage can still impress its hearers with a sense of their force and beauty , is no mean tribute to the ...
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Page 911 - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Page 741 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 225 - Verily I say unto you. Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Page 225 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 925 - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
Page 911 - Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 512 - ... pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think; every effort we can make to throw off our subjection will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
Page 912 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 109 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 511 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.