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... are entitled to considerable weight , as raising a strong presumption that his
first design was that of raising himself an honorable name , by striking at the root
of the corruptions which surrounded him , and restoring those strict notions of the
...
... are entitled to considerable weight , as raising a strong presumption that his
first design was that of raising himself an honorable name , by striking at the root
of the corruptions which surrounded him , and restoring those strict notions of the
...
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Many of the religious superstitions of his countrymen were too firmly rooted for
him to hope to eradicate them , he therefore moulded them into his system , and
the hope of conciliating a considerable portion of the Jews and Christians
induced ...
Many of the religious superstitions of his countrymen were too firmly rooted for
him to hope to eradicate them , he therefore moulded them into his system , and
the hope of conciliating a considerable portion of the Jews and Christians
induced ...
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It is still doubtful whether a considerable portion , at least , was not the work of a
Christian or Jew , and whether important additions and variations have not been
made , in the earlier periods of its existence , to meet the necessity for giving the ...
It is still doubtful whether a considerable portion , at least , was not the work of a
Christian or Jew , and whether important additions and variations have not been
made , in the earlier periods of its existence , to meet the necessity for giving the ...
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... considered as a mere literary composition , considerably above the Vedas , the
Zend Avesta , or the Edda , and rank its most boasted periods immeasurably
below the beauty , the grandeur , the transcendant magnificence of what might be
...
... considered as a mere literary composition , considerably above the Vedas , the
Zend Avesta , or the Edda , and rank its most boasted periods immeasurably
below the beauty , the grandeur , the transcendant magnificence of what might be
...
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If this were a fit place for entering on such a discussion , we should be happy ,
before we concluded , to give some details , which we have taken considerable
pains to collect , concerning a sect which has risen into notice since the
dissertation ...
If this were a fit place for entering on such a discussion , we should be happy ,
before we concluded , to give some details , which we have taken considerable
pains to collect , concerning a sect which has risen into notice since the
dissertation ...
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Page 219 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 186 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 223 - Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone of all his treasure Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should...
Page 144 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 220 - WHO says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse ? Is there in truth no beauty ? Is all good structure in a winding stair...
Page 60 - ... but only a rod and a ferula. Secondly, others who are able, use it only as a passage to better preferment, to patch the rents in their present fortune, till they can provide a. new one, and betake themselves to some more gainful calling. Thirdly, they are disheartened from doing their best with the miserable reward which in some places they receive, being masters to their children and slaves to their parents.
Page 145 - But it is not good to stay too long in the theatre. Let us now pass on to the judicial place or palace of the mind, which we are to approach and view with more reverence and attention.
Page 150 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth ; but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated, and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.
Page 148 - 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...
Page 222 - I did ; and going did a rainbow note : Surely, thought I, This is the lace of Peace's coat : I will search out the matter.