Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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... become vulgar and unscientific from a multitude of local details and temporary interest . They form , beyond all other sciences , reflective habits of mind . In other pursuits , these are for the most part exercised only in forming ...
... become vulgar and unscientific from a multitude of local details and temporary interest . They form , beyond all other sciences , reflective habits of mind . In other pursuits , these are for the most part exercised only in forming ...
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... becoming in a woman , yet rational superiority to infirm fears , and self - posses- sion in danger , are equally virtuous ... become , from the latitude and occasional inaccuracy with which they are used , the sources of practical error ...
... becoming in a woman , yet rational superiority to infirm fears , and self - posses- sion in danger , are equally virtuous ... become , from the latitude and occasional inaccuracy with which they are used , the sources of practical error ...
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... becoming very popular . It is proper , therefore , to state , that the disadvantages to which persons of great natural sensibility are said to be subjected in respect of taste , are exactly of the same kind with the difficulties which ...
... becoming very popular . It is proper , therefore , to state , that the disadvantages to which persons of great natural sensibility are said to be subjected in respect of taste , are exactly of the same kind with the difficulties which ...
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... becomes transient and useless ; losing all connection with reason and the moral principles , and alive only to such impressions as fashion recognizes and sanctions . The other species of taste , founded on the study of universal beauty ...
... becomes transient and useless ; losing all connection with reason and the moral principles , and alive only to such impressions as fashion recognizes and sanctions . The other species of taste , founded on the study of universal beauty ...
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... becomes itself , as the arbiter and guide of his own genius , more scrupulous and inflexible than before . " The tragedy of Douglas ' ( says Gray in one of his letters ) has infinite faults ; but there is one scene ( that between ...
... becomes itself , as the arbiter and guide of his own genius , more scrupulous and inflexible than before . " The tragedy of Douglas ' ( says Gray in one of his letters ) has infinite faults ; but there is one scene ( that between ...
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Page 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Page 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Page 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...