The British Controversialist and Impartial Inquirer, Volumes 3-4Houlston and Stonemen, 1852 - Great Britain |
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... gives them wings , as angels , of persuasion or command ? It is that he may express Thought . We have no objection to ... give the greatest possible amount of pleasure and delight , but let it also furnish the mind with something that ...
... gives them wings , as angels , of persuasion or command ? It is that he may express Thought . We have no objection to ... give the greatest possible amount of pleasure and delight , but let it also furnish the mind with something that ...
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... give an impetus to the noble work of mutual improvement . " 4. " That while the cultivation of the mind is a duty incumbent on all men , it is especially so with Christians , who are the servants of that God , one of the principal ...
... give an impetus to the noble work of mutual improvement . " 4. " That while the cultivation of the mind is a duty incumbent on all men , it is especially so with Christians , who are the servants of that God , one of the principal ...
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... give an exact number of pence in the pound ; and it was supposed , for example , that in calculating the tax on ... gives £ 43 4s . 7d . per cent . 10 With regard to most rules of abbreviation there is this to be said , that however ...
... give an exact number of pence in the pound ; and it was supposed , for example , that in calculating the tax on ... gives £ 43 4s . 7d . per cent . 10 With regard to most rules of abbreviation there is this to be said , that however ...
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... give , tense , as well as " deny " in the last . and given , and is synonymous with the latter ; We would advise our correspondent to put hence the sentences quoted would , if rendered " Lennie " on the shelf a little , as we have done ...
... give , tense , as well as " deny " in the last . and given , and is synonymous with the latter ; We would advise our correspondent to put hence the sentences quoted would , if rendered " Lennie " on the shelf a little , as we have done ...
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... give the principle of the simplest step in their parrot - like know- ledge . How often , for instance , it is said , he is a very clever man himself , but he cannot teach others . In plain English , he has never been taught the ...
... give the principle of the simplest step in their parrot - like know- ledge . How often , for instance , it is said , he is a very clever man himself , but he cannot teach others . In plain English , he has never been taught the ...
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Page 357 - ... 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 and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 6 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed...
Page 3 - Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Page 376 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 210 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 357 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 182 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need...
Page 399 - How exquisitely the individual Mind (And the progressive powers perhaps no less Of the whole species) to the external World Is fitted : — and how exquisitely, too, Theme this but little heard of among Men, The external World is fitted to the Mind ; And the creation (by no lower name Can it be called) which they with blended might Accomplish : — this is our high argument.
Page 357 - But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession...
Page 4 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.