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... writer , asked , and obtained permission , from Mr. Knox , to republish in London , the Lives , & c . , accom- panied by those prefaces . Circumstances inevitably postponed the fulfilment of this purpose ; but they only postponed it ...
... writer , asked , and obtained permission , from Mr. Knox , to republish in London , the Lives , & c . , accom- panied by those prefaces . Circumstances inevitably postponed the fulfilment of this purpose ; but they only postponed it ...
Page xxix
... writer's fortune , often to be in his company , with some of the most remarkable persons of the past and passing age . * It was on such occasions , that his genius pre - eminently shone forth . It is little to say , that he never failed ...
... writer's fortune , often to be in his company , with some of the most remarkable persons of the past and passing age . * It was on such occasions , that his genius pre - eminently shone forth . It is little to say , that he never failed ...
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... writing was to be expected , from a genius that had learned to manage for itself . He was persuaded , that religious sentiment was the true element of genius . Burke never shone with so much brightness , as in the sphere of religion ...
... writing was to be expected , from a genius that had learned to manage for itself . He was persuaded , that religious sentiment was the true element of genius . Burke never shone with so much brightness , as in the sphere of religion ...
Page xxxviii
... writer has viewed them a thousand times , such as , at this moment , they seem to rise before him ! But , had he no imperfections , no weaknesses , no infirmities ? Reader , what human being is without them ? But his were such , as ...
... writer has viewed them a thousand times , such as , at this moment , they seem to rise before him ! But , had he no imperfections , no weaknesses , no infirmities ? Reader , what human being is without them ? But his were such , as ...
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... writing more truly deserves to be familiarized to every eye , and to be engraven on every heart . Dublin , Nov. 17. 1803 . PREFACE TO THE SECOND DUBLIN EDITION . IN offering to xlii PREFACE TO THE FIRST DUBLIN EDITION .
... writing more truly deserves to be familiarized to every eye , and to be engraven on every heart . Dublin , Nov. 17. 1803 . PREFACE TO THE SECOND DUBLIN EDITION . IN offering to xlii PREFACE TO THE FIRST DUBLIN EDITION .
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Page 244 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 319 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page lviii - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and yc shall find rest for your souls.
Page 154 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes. Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of glory ringing in our ears ; Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace, eternal hopes and...
Page xii - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 371 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 13 - So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Page 72 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 19 - The Sundays of man's life, Threaded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope ; Blessings are plentiful and rife — More plentiful than hope.
Page 325 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...