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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... doubt whether all this is intended for a doctrinal exposition , or an imaginary poetic illustration of the pantheistic creed , the actual impersonation of the Deity , comprehending the whole universe within his visible form , is ...
... doubt whether all this is intended for a doctrinal exposition , or an imaginary poetic illustration of the pantheistic creed , the actual impersonation of the Deity , comprehending the whole universe within his visible form , is ...
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... goose , how- ever , is so common in Indian mythology , that this must be received with much doubt . † Intermediate beings in Indian mythology . They 6 They receive a favourable answer from the princess , 16 Sanscrit Poetry .
... goose , how- ever , is so common in Indian mythology , that this must be received with much doubt . † Intermediate beings in Indian mythology . They 6 They receive a favourable answer from the princess , 16 Sanscrit Poetry .
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... ' Second marriages are prohibited by the laws of Menu ; and hence , no doubt , one great motive to the performance of the Suttee . Damajanti " Damajanti contrives an interview , and questions the mysterious 22 Sanscrit Poetry .
... ' Second marriages are prohibited by the laws of Menu ; and hence , no doubt , one great motive to the performance of the Suttee . Damajanti " Damajanti contrives an interview , and questions the mysterious 22 Sanscrit Poetry .
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... doubt that the state of society contributed to form the character of Indian mythological poetry . Their epopea , as Heeren well observes , was the poetry of the Brahminical caste , Throughout the Mahabharatà and the Ramayana , at least ...
... doubt that the state of society contributed to form the character of Indian mythological poetry . Their epopea , as Heeren well observes , was the poetry of the Brahminical caste , Throughout the Mahabharatà and the Ramayana , at least ...
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... doubt , that successive festivals , perhaps in remote places , were gratified with the second representation ' of the successful works of Calidàsa or Babhavuti . The Hindu drama was not broken up into a trilogy , but made up , on some ...
... doubt , that successive festivals , perhaps in remote places , were gratified with the second representation ' of the successful works of Calidàsa or Babhavuti . The Hindu drama was not broken up into a trilogy , but made up , on some ...
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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...