The Quarterly Review, Volume 45William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1831 - English literature |
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Page 98
... direct premiums have been held out for the encouragement of matrimony and the increase of families . The scourges of war and pestilence have more or less depopu- lated states at various periods in the gloomy annals of mankind ; but , in ...
... direct premiums have been held out for the encouragement of matrimony and the increase of families . The scourges of war and pestilence have more or less depopu- lated states at various periods in the gloomy annals of mankind ; but , in ...
Page 99
... direct diminution of their absolute numbers , is , pro tanto , a reprieve to the survivors , who , in the general scramble for the necessaries of life , divide more amongst themselves ; until the continued increase , accelerated as it ...
... direct diminution of their absolute numbers , is , pro tanto , a reprieve to the survivors , who , in the general scramble for the necessaries of life , divide more amongst themselves ; until the continued increase , accelerated as it ...
Page 124
... direct consi- deration . And this is the more necessary as , being a principle per- fectly distinct from the various suppositions which have been hitherto advanced on the subject , and substantiated , it is hoped , in a dissimilar ...
... direct consi- deration . And this is the more necessary as , being a principle per- fectly distinct from the various suppositions which have been hitherto advanced on the subject , and substantiated , it is hoped , in a dissimilar ...
Page 128
... direct interposition of the Deity , with a view to pro- portion population to the means of subsistence . In the attempt to establish these , the only theories to which he can lay claim , and which contradict each other , he fails , we ...
... direct interposition of the Deity , with a view to pro- portion population to the means of subsistence . In the attempt to establish these , the only theories to which he can lay claim , and which contradict each other , he fails , we ...
Page 136
... for a humble mortal to comprehend . It does appear , however , to our limited capacity , that were Providence to act in the way Mr. Sadler is condescending enough enough to direct , the result would be anything but 136 Malthus and Sadler-
... for a humble mortal to comprehend . It does appear , however , to our limited capacity , that were Providence to act in the way Mr. Sadler is condescending enough enough to direct , the result would be anything but 136 Malthus and Sadler-
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Page 164 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
Page 222 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
Page 517 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 222 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 165 - WE therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come...
Page 345 - At the third time, when the phantasm of light and colours about it were almost vanished, intending my fancy upon them to see their last appearance, I found, to my amazement, that they began to return, and by little and little to become as lively and vivid as when I had newly looked upon the sun. But when I ceased to intend my fancy upon them, they vanished again. After this...
Page 402 - Therefore, no doubt, the sovereignty of man lieth hid in knowledge; wherein many things are reserved, which kings with their treasure cannot buy, nor with their force command; their spials and intelligencers can give no news of them, their seamen and discoverers cannot sail where they grow: now we govern nature in opinions, but we are thrall unto her in necessity; but if we would be led by her in invention, we should command her in action.
Page 404 - ... nutriment, capable of preservation for years, and ready to yield up their sustenance in the form best adapted to the support of life, on the application of that powerful agent, steam, which enters so largely into all our processes, or of an acid at once cheap and durable...
Page 123 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 405 - Cut bono? — to what practical end and advantage do your researches tend? — is one which the speculative philosopher, who loves knowledge for its own sake, and enjoys, as a rational being should enjoy, the mere contemplation of harmonious and mutually dependent truths, can seldom hear without a sense of humiliation. He feels that there is a lofty and disinterested pleasure in his speculations, which ought to exempt them from such questioning. But...