The New Englander, Volume 9A.H. Maltby, 1851 - Criticism |
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... expressions . He eschews , as by instinct , such words as " emanate , " " develop , " " position , " " responsibility , " " elevated , " " exposition , " etc. , unless in cases where they may be absolutely needed to give the sense . It ...
... expressions . He eschews , as by instinct , such words as " emanate , " " develop , " " position , " " responsibility , " " elevated , " " exposition , " etc. , unless in cases where they may be absolutely needed to give the sense . It ...
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... expression . Both appear to have come out of the depths of a musical soul . How poetical is much of Milton's prose ! How " involuntary , " we may say , did his spirit " move harmonious numbers ! " We think , also , that this quality ...
... expression . Both appear to have come out of the depths of a musical soul . How poetical is much of Milton's prose ! How " involuntary , " we may say , did his spirit " move harmonious numbers ! " We think , also , that this quality ...
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... expression which is needed . His language is so apposite , that we see the point of the application or the force of the comparison at once . The word itself , or the phrase , is a picture . There is no need of a VOL . IX . 5 long ...
... expression which is needed . His language is so apposite , that we see the point of the application or the force of the comparison at once . The word itself , or the phrase , is a picture . There is no need of a VOL . IX . 5 long ...
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... expression in Chap . v , v . 2 , where the pool of Bethesda is spoken of in the present tense ( on ) just as it was in the time of Christ , having ( zovou ) five porches , -precisely the language to describe a then existing fact ...
... expression in Chap . v , v . 2 , where the pool of Bethesda is spoken of in the present tense ( on ) just as it was in the time of Christ , having ( zovou ) five porches , -precisely the language to describe a then existing fact ...
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... expression , we hardly think of looking for them , after a short season , unless it be among the rubbish of the garret or the treasures of the antiquary . If there has been a period in the history of our country , which has been more ...
... expression , we hardly think of looking for them , after a short season , unless it be among the rubbish of the garret or the treasures of the antiquary . If there has been a period in the history of our country , which has been more ...
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Page 378 - And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Page 54 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 221 - AND it shall come to pass in the last days, That the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob ; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths : For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 550 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 28 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Page 376 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee.
Page 377 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him,' I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Page 345 - And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Page 379 - David ; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; the oath which he sware to our father Abraham...
Page 187 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee : know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.