The British Controversialist and Impartial Inquirer, Volume 5Houlston and Stonemen, 1854 - Great Britain |
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... whole human race . " Take from him the pound , and give it unto him who hath ten pounds for I say unto you , that unto every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not , even that he hath shall be taken away from him ...
... whole human race . " Take from him the pound , and give it unto him who hath ten pounds for I say unto you , that unto every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not , even that he hath shall be taken away from him ...
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... whole , is wisely con- ducted . If we go into matters of abstract justice , we should require to touch upon various things maintainable only on account of their expediency . The cry of justice is here a miserable pretence . Scotchmen ...
... whole , is wisely con- ducted . If we go into matters of abstract justice , we should require to touch upon various things maintainable only on account of their expediency . The cry of justice is here a miserable pretence . Scotchmen ...
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... whole question of the passing of mea- sures of public utility , applicable at first to only one part of the kingdom . - 3 . It is urged that London and Dublin have various charitable institutions , supported or assisted by government ...
... whole question of the passing of mea- sures of public utility , applicable at first to only one part of the kingdom . - 3 . It is urged that London and Dublin have various charitable institutions , supported or assisted by government ...
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... whole matter of the national representation is soon to be taken up by government , and if any inequality exists , it may be removed . The legislature have never been asked for an increase of Scotch representatives , and , of course , it ...
... whole matter of the national representation is soon to be taken up by government , and if any inequality exists , it may be removed . The legislature have never been asked for an increase of Scotch representatives , and , of course , it ...
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... whole country from government , and the great amount of without let or hindrance . - Our universities public work she performs , and you will per- unrepresented , whilst Oxford , Cambridge , ceive the strugglings , the throbbings , of ...
... whole country from government , and the great amount of without let or hindrance . - Our universities public work she performs , and you will per- unrepresented , whilst Oxford , Cambridge , ceive the strugglings , the throbbings , of ...
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Page 24 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Page 175 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 361 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Page 422 - The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly.
Page 219 - But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Page 369 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness ; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 151 - I AM old and blind! Men point at me as smitten by God's frown; Afflicted and deserted of my kind, Yet I am not cast down. I am weak, yet strong; I murmur not that I no longer see; Poor, old, and helpless, I the more belong, Father Supreme! to thee.
Page 283 - Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Page 166 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 356 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.