The Contemporary Review, Volume 28A. Strahan, 1876 - Literature |
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... perhaps , but true , for the influence which has moulded the theology of the English Church , or rather of the Anglican Churches , from the reign of Queen Elizabeth down to the present hour . Among non - episcopal Protestants , a small ...
... perhaps , but true , for the influence which has moulded the theology of the English Church , or rather of the Anglican Churches , from the reign of Queen Elizabeth down to the present hour . Among non - episcopal Protestants , a small ...
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... perhaps exceeded its legitimate boundaries , any incisive sketch of these several systems , or to pass , indeed , greatly beyond the pro- vince of a dictionary . By the Sceptic , I understand one who , under the pressure either of ...
... perhaps exceeded its legitimate boundaries , any incisive sketch of these several systems , or to pass , indeed , greatly beyond the pro- vince of a dictionary . By the Sceptic , I understand one who , under the pressure either of ...
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... perhaps still partially serving the purpose of the legislator , by imposing the restraint of terror upon the lower passions of the vulgar . To the masses of men , this system did not absolutely prohibit religion ; a religion idolatrous ...
... perhaps still partially serving the purpose of the legislator , by imposing the restraint of terror upon the lower passions of the vulgar . To the masses of men , this system did not absolutely prohibit religion ; a religion idolatrous ...
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... perhaps , even of much moral obligation . With regard to the rest , I think it important to dwell upon the observation that they are , from one cause or another , exceptional and not ordinary men - men so conditioned that the relation ...
... perhaps , even of much moral obligation . With regard to the rest , I think it important to dwell upon the observation that they are , from one cause or another , exceptional and not ordinary men - men so conditioned that the relation ...
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... perhaps indebted for a better educational measure than might otherwise have been pos- sible . But however this may be , Mr. Forster has the merit of having introduced a system of payment for history , geography , and some other branches ...
... perhaps indebted for a better educational measure than might otherwise have been pos- sible . But however this may be , Mr. Forster has the merit of having introduced a system of payment for history , geography , and some other branches ...
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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.