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Page 38
... taken place , perhaps , without that specific occasion , and it may not . The fact remains un- altered ; the men who have been instrumental of good or evil are worthy of our praise or blame , even if other persons might , in event of ...
... taken place , perhaps , without that specific occasion , and it may not . The fact remains un- altered ; the men who have been instrumental of good or evil are worthy of our praise or blame , even if other persons might , in event of ...
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... taken for the exaltation of the Divine character in some one of its features . The honor of the law he is certain of , or else the brighter glory of the gospel . A heathen 1 See 1 Cor . 1 : 14-17 . 9 : 16 . writer has said that " to ...
... taken for the exaltation of the Divine character in some one of its features . The honor of the law he is certain of , or else the brighter glory of the gospel . A heathen 1 See 1 Cor . 1 : 14-17 . 9 : 16 . writer has said that " to ...
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... taken , politeness gradually degenerates into an unmanly softness . The Asiatic Greeks fell first into this corruption . The Ionians grew effeminate , and all that coast of Asia was a theatre of luxury . The Cretans too be- came ...
... taken , politeness gradually degenerates into an unmanly softness . The Asiatic Greeks fell first into this corruption . The Ionians grew effeminate , and all that coast of Asia was a theatre of luxury . The Cretans too be- came ...
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... taken from him . It will be more proper to repre- sent to you what he says of the evils that these vain haranguers occasioned in the republic . B. It is evident that such rhetoricians were dangerous in the Grecian commonwealths , where ...
... taken from him . It will be more proper to repre- sent to you what he says of the evils that these vain haranguers occasioned in the republic . B. It is evident that such rhetoricians were dangerous in the Grecian commonwealths , where ...
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... taken an ex- ample from a poet , to give you a livelier image of what I mean by painting in eloquence ; for poets paint in a stronger manner than orators . Indeed , the main thing in which poetry differs ness ; accordingly , I am told ...
... taken an ex- ample from a poet , to give you a livelier image of what I mean by painting in eloquence ; for poets paint in a stronger manner than orators . Indeed , the main thing in which poetry differs ness ; accordingly , I am told ...
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Page 149 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 375 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 356 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 439 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 417 - For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 136 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 439 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 349 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 16 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the Son of Perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Page 121 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides; Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...