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... considered the least adapted . As a proof of this , it may be stated , that though he was utterly insens- ible to the charms of music , and never learned to distinguish a single note from another , he undertook to build an organ . Even ...
... considered the least adapted . As a proof of this , it may be stated , that though he was utterly insens- ible to the charms of music , and never learned to distinguish a single note from another , he undertook to build an organ . Even ...
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... considered , and ginal genius , early exercised in philoso- justly so , as the most toilsome undertak - phical research , to the improvement of ing that a man can perform in two days . the steam engine , enlarged the resources Thus the ...
... considered , and ginal genius , early exercised in philoso- justly so , as the most toilsome undertak - phical research , to the improvement of ing that a man can perform in two days . the steam engine , enlarged the resources Thus the ...
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... considered as beings lowest in the scale of animal organization ; but they are by no means among the least wonderful of the works of the Creator . Indeed , in some respects , they excite more than common interest , as discovering to the ...
... considered as beings lowest in the scale of animal organization ; but they are by no means among the least wonderful of the works of the Creator . Indeed , in some respects , they excite more than common interest , as discovering to the ...
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... considered that the Norman conquest had swept away all former privileges or liber- ties of the people , leaving the royal will , as the only legitimate authority . This he sought to uphold and extend , while his natural mildness and ...
... considered that the Norman conquest had swept away all former privileges or liber- ties of the people , leaving the royal will , as the only legitimate authority . This he sought to uphold and extend , while his natural mildness and ...
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... considered that they had grievances which required to be redressed : one of their leaders , lord Grey , wishing to see some of the mea- sures of the government changed , was induced to listen to some of the minor plans , but would not ...
... considered that they had grievances which required to be redressed : one of their leaders , lord Grey , wishing to see some of the mea- sures of the government changed , was induced to listen to some of the minor plans , but would not ...
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Page 360 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 341 - Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men : Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Page 262 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 357 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 342 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 296 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 164 - And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Page 47 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...
Page 40 - Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Page 415 - They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.