The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 12F. and C. Rivington, 1801 - Theology |
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... understanding , in describing and doing justice to the sex ; that every sensible and virtuous woman , who shall read and consider that singular discourse , will bless his memory to the end of the world . While we speak of those writings ...
... understanding , in describing and doing justice to the sex ; that every sensible and virtuous woman , who shall read and consider that singular discourse , will bless his memory to the end of the world . While we speak of those writings ...
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... understanding to be as truly delighted with a sight of the divine wisdom in the great œconomy of redemption and revelation , as for the eye of the astronomer to take pleasure in ob- serving the lights of heaven , or the naturalist in ex ...
... understanding to be as truly delighted with a sight of the divine wisdom in the great œconomy of redemption and revelation , as for the eye of the astronomer to take pleasure in ob- serving the lights of heaven , or the naturalist in ex ...
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... understand it ! Two strange events of the same kind are more credible than one . The people among the Jews , who knew most , were those who could see least . When the good Lord President Forbes wrote his letter from Scotland , there ...
... understand it ! Two strange events of the same kind are more credible than one . The people among the Jews , who knew most , were those who could see least . When the good Lord President Forbes wrote his letter from Scotland , there ...
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... understanding . His manners and address were those of a per- fect gentleman : his common talk , though easy and fluent , had the correctness of studied com- position his benevolence was so great , that all the beggars in Oxford knew the ...
... understanding . His manners and address were those of a per- fect gentleman : his common talk , though easy and fluent , had the correctness of studied com- position his benevolence was so great , that all the beggars in Oxford knew the ...
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... understanding of it . Having first apologized to his father , for not visiting him in the vacation , he gives him an account of his teacher . " I am obliged for " the happiness I have enjoyed of late to a " gentleman of this society ...
... understanding of it . Having first apologized to his father , for not visiting him in the vacation , he gives him an account of his teacher . " I am obliged for " the happiness I have enjoyed of late to a " gentleman of this society ...
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Page 238 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 243 - And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven...
Page 137 - Heaven derive their light. These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Page ix - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the Studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light.
Page 218 - AND it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel...
Page ix - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 350 - We are, as it were, laying gunpowder, grain by grain, under the old building of error and superstition, which a single spark may hereafter inflame so as to produce an instantaneous explosion...
Page 286 - GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready : I will sing and give praise with the best member that I have.
Page 168 - Palace there is entered by a large flight of steps ; on which he observed one day, " Alas ! I am come to " these steps, at a time of life, when I can neither go " up them nor down them with safety.
Page 128 - This might very probably be ; for, in the first place, it is most likely, that he saw very few, his friends and acquaintance being of another sort; and, secondly, the sight of him would make a devout person melancholy at any time.