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... worthy , in every respect , of the father of the Stoics + . * Laurea donandus Apollinari , Seu per audaces nova dithyrambos Verba devolvit , numerisque fertur , Lege solutis ; Seu Deos , regesque canit , Deorum , Sanguinem . Horace ...
... worthy , in every respect , of the father of the Stoics + . * Laurea donandus Apollinari , Seu per audaces nova dithyrambos Verba devolvit , numerisque fertur , Lege solutis ; Seu Deos , regesque canit , Deorum , Sanguinem . Horace ...
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... worthy , which most ad- ministered to its wants and pleasures . Piracy was , therefore , the theme of universal applause among the Scandinavians , plunder among the Huns , fanaticism among the Arabs , the benevolent and useful virtues ...
... worthy , which most ad- ministered to its wants and pleasures . Piracy was , therefore , the theme of universal applause among the Scandinavians , plunder among the Huns , fanaticism among the Arabs , the benevolent and useful virtues ...
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... worthy of remark , that it appeared to the Israelites so wise a practice , that they in part adopted it . We see in Scripture , that the kings who reigned ill were not buried in the sepulchre of their fathers . ( See Chronicles , cap ...
... worthy of remark , that it appeared to the Israelites so wise a practice , that they in part adopted it . We see in Scripture , that the kings who reigned ill were not buried in the sepulchre of their fathers . ( See Chronicles , cap ...
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... worthy of that country , which was the cradle of arts , sciences , and mysteries + , the school of Orpheus and Homer , Pythagoras and Plato , Solon and Lycurgus . To such an institution , which so well deserves to live in the voice and ...
... worthy of that country , which was the cradle of arts , sciences , and mysteries + , the school of Orpheus and Homer , Pythagoras and Plato , Solon and Lycurgus . To such an institution , which so well deserves to live in the voice and ...
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... in- The close similarity between this expression and the following of Plato's , is worthy of notice : -Μετρια ἡ Θεω δέλεια ; ἀμέρος δὲ ἡ τοις aparois . - Epist . viii . . fusing scruples even among those who are the least 27.
... in- The close similarity between this expression and the following of Plato's , is worthy of notice : -Μετρια ἡ Θεω δέλεια ; ἀμέρος δὲ ἡ τοις aparois . - Epist . viii . . fusing scruples even among those who are the least 27.
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Page 4 - thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous, then ! Unspeakable ; who sit'st above the heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen, In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 20 - phemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,
Page 39 - And he that was dead came forth) bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, loose him, and let him go.
Page 148 - My God, I am thine! What a comfort divine'. (( What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ' " In the heavenly Lamb, thrice happy I am ; " And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his name.
Page 133 - Let not thine heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long; for surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off."—Prov. xxiii. 17, 18.
Page 4 - heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen, In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Paradise Lost, Book v.
Page 139 - le fantôme autant que la personne, Et la fausse monnoye, à l'égal de la bonne ? Les hommes, la plupart, sont étrangement faits, Dans la juste nature on ne les voit jamais. " . • '"• La raison a pour eux, des bornes, trop petites, •
Page 22 - the Cross, some of the rulers derided him, saying, " he saved others, let him save himself if he be Christ the chosen of God, Luke xxiii.
Page 7 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies."—Psalm
Page 26 - to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man,