The Quarterly Review, Volume 45William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1831 - English literature |
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... desires : she prays for divine succour , and proves , that though not absolutely secure , that 6 Through the sacred rays of chastity No savage fierce , bandit , or mountaineer , Will dare to soil her virgin purity , ' - , • yet she may ...
... desires : she prays for divine succour , and proves , that though not absolutely secure , that 6 Through the sacred rays of chastity No savage fierce , bandit , or mountaineer , Will dare to soil her virgin purity , ' - , • yet she may ...
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... desire . These are only two out of many similar societies in London , all of them numerous , and all of them supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members . But the other day Mr. Barrow pointed out the want of a society ...
... desire . These are only two out of many similar societies in London , all of them numerous , and all of them supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members . But the other day Mr. Barrow pointed out the want of a society ...
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... desire to improve and enlarge their taste in this matter , begged one of his officers , who played on the violin , to favour the natives with a tune ; but though it was well executed , the new melody appeared to be wasted on the ...
... desire to improve and enlarge their taste in this matter , begged one of his officers , who played on the violin , to favour the natives with a tune ; but though it was well executed , the new melody appeared to be wasted on the ...
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... desire of these people to possess themselves of it is not to be wondered at . Had there been a female dog on board , they certainly should have had them both ; but one would have been of no use , except , probably , to furnish a meal ...
... desire of these people to possess themselves of it is not to be wondered at . Had there been a female dog on board , they certainly should have had them both ; but one would have been of no use , except , probably , to furnish a meal ...
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... desire to search after Truth , and truth exclusively - this is that subject- this is that question . Has it been hitherto approached in such VOL . XLV . NO . LXXXIX . H spirit spirit and temper ? We fear we must answer in Pacific and ...
... desire to search after Truth , and truth exclusively - this is that subject- this is that question . Has it been hitherto approached in such VOL . XLV . NO . LXXXIX . H spirit spirit and temper ? We fear we must answer in Pacific and ...
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Page 517 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 164 - 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 402 - Therefore, no doubt, the sovereignty of man lieth hid in knowledge ; wherein many things are reserved, which kings with their treasure cannot buy, nor with their force command ; their spials and intelligencers can give no news of them, their seamen and discoverers cannot sail where they grow : now we govern nature in opinions, but we are thrall unto her in necessity ; but if we would be led by her in invention, we should command her in action.
Page 11 - Inconstant, like the sea, of whence 't is born, Rough, swelling, like a storm; With whom who sails, rides on the surge of fear, And boils as if he were In a continual tempest. Now, true Love No such effects doth prove; That is an essence far more gentle, fine, Pure, perfect, nay, divine; It is a golden chain let down from heaven, Whose links are bright and even, That falls like sleep on lovers, and combines The soft and sweetest minds In equal knots : this bears no brands nor darts, To murther different...
Page 222 - And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Page 353 - Louisburg, his friends found him one day asleep in his tent, and evidently much annoyed by the cannonading. They ^then made him believe that he was engaged, when he expressed great fear, and showed an evident disposition to run away. Against this they remonstrated, but at the same time increased his fears by imitating the groans of the wounded and the dying ; and when he asked, as he often did, who was down, they named his particular friends. At last they told him that the man next...
Page 123 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 424 - Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Page 448 - O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider Of dusty and old titles, that heal'st with blood The earth when it is sick, and cur'st the world O' the plurisy of people ; I do take Thy signs auspiciously, and in thy name To my design march boldly.