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... word , ends in jarring opin- ion , heretical doctrine , or thoroughly alienated feeling . Now , is it wholly impracticable to effect a general , if not unanimous agreement , in respect to the use of certain words - such as idea ...
... word , ends in jarring opin- ion , heretical doctrine , or thoroughly alienated feeling . Now , is it wholly impracticable to effect a general , if not unanimous agreement , in respect to the use of certain words - such as idea ...
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... words , of Saxon monosylla- bles . The only criterion of the worth of a book is its instant and perfect intelligibility to them to them , in all states of their minds and of their bodies . It is not easy to see how they would grapple ...
... words , of Saxon monosylla- bles . The only criterion of the worth of a book is its instant and perfect intelligibility to them to them , in all states of their minds and of their bodies . It is not easy to see how they would grapple ...
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... words to express our con- viction of the benign influence of this great reform on the repose and happiness of the civilized world . The blindest opponent of the enterprise cannot but see that the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs is ...
... words to express our con- viction of the benign influence of this great reform on the repose and happiness of the civilized world . The blindest opponent of the enterprise cannot but see that the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs is ...
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... words inscribed on the banner of reform . It is hardly possible , that men should feel so much of the foun- dation they had rested on shaking and crumbling away , without suspicion of the whole . One of the immediate results of the ...
... words inscribed on the banner of reform . It is hardly possible , that men should feel so much of the foun- dation they had rested on shaking and crumbling away , without suspicion of the whole . One of the immediate results of the ...
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... words , but aims unceasingly to adapt his vernacular idiom and style to the style and idiom of his author : nay , further , who can even be dense and vigo- rous with Thucydides ; verbose and playful with Herodotus ; sublime and simple ...
... words , but aims unceasingly to adapt his vernacular idiom and style to the style and idiom of his author : nay , further , who can even be dense and vigo- rous with Thucydides ; verbose and playful with Herodotus ; sublime and simple ...
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Page 156 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 418 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Page 50 - And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 428 - For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
Page 89 - Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 99 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 232 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 224 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 436 - Heb. xi. 17, according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12. Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not : which is true of this church-duty, as well as of that of alms.
Page 258 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.