The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 5F. and C. Rivington, 1816 - English literature |
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... poet , however , disposed of his ampolle , according to the causes which had replenished them with the brains of men ... poetry ; we wonder indeed that this field should have so long continued unoccupied . We do not indeed hold the Runic ...
... poet , however , disposed of his ampolle , according to the causes which had replenished them with the brains of men ... poetry ; we wonder indeed that this field should have so long continued unoccupied . We do not indeed hold the Runic ...
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... poetry . As she proceeds , she is startled with obscene spirits which glide between the rocks . " O who shall save thee , Helga ! mark The ambush'd spirits of the dark ! Those are the powers accurst , that ride The blasting whirlwind ...
... poetry . As she proceeds , she is startled with obscene spirits which glide between the rocks . " O who shall save thee , Helga ! mark The ambush'd spirits of the dark ! Those are the powers accurst , that ride The blasting whirlwind ...
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... poet , but we wonder that a man of Mr. Herbert's high and Virgilian taste , should have yielded to the seduction . We need not inform Mr. Herbert that out of an hundred and thirty lines , the hundred at least would have been better ...
... poet , but we wonder that a man of Mr. Herbert's high and Virgilian taste , should have yielded to the seduction . We need not inform Mr. Herbert that out of an hundred and thirty lines , the hundred at least would have been better ...
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... Poetry , subsidiary to the Psalms , properly so called , for the devotional harmony of the Church , yet we assure ourselves of the hearty concurrence of all our readers in laying it down , that great caution should be exer- cised in ...
... Poetry , subsidiary to the Psalms , properly so called , for the devotional harmony of the Church , yet we assure ourselves of the hearty concurrence of all our readers in laying it down , that great caution should be exer- cised in ...
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... poetry , and divine poetry ! The follow- ing invitation to take a heavenly excursion would be ludicrous , were it not heart - rending to see such a profanation of holy things . " Come let us ascend , My companion and friend , To a taste ...
... poetry , and divine poetry ! The follow- ing invitation to take a heavenly excursion would be ludicrous , were it not heart - rending to see such a profanation of holy things . " Come let us ascend , My companion and friend , To a taste ...
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Page 125 - Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood...
Page 124 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 579 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 314 - Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants do celebrate and make here before thy Divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make...
Page 252 - And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Page 264 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Page 476 - 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 670 - For this cause also thank we GOD without ceasing, because when ye received the Word of GOD, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 295 - He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute...
Page 244 - The secret things belong unto the LORD our God : but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.