The Retrospective ReviewCharles and Henry Baldwyn, 1821 - Books |
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Now that the blind fury which precipitated Europe against the Moslem faith and its
professors has been softened by time and the progress of knowledge and candid
inquiry , we may be allowed to turn a retrospective glance of impartiality upon ...
Now that the blind fury which precipitated Europe against the Moslem faith and its
professors has been softened by time and the progress of knowledge and candid
inquiry , we may be allowed to turn a retrospective glance of impartiality upon ...
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... of a skilful politician , taking advantage of favorable circumstances and feelings
to turn them to his purpose . The grand principle on which the whole was built ,
the unity of God , was one which had for ages formed the creed of Sale ' s Koran .
... of a skilful politician , taking advantage of favorable circumstances and feelings
to turn them to his purpose . The grand principle on which the whole was built ,
the unity of God , was one which had for ages formed the creed of Sale ' s Koran .
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... to please their Lord , and observe the stated times of prayer , and give alms out
of what we have bestowed on them , in secret and openly , and who turn away
evil with good ; the reward of these shall be Paradise , gardens of eternal abode
...
... to please their Lord , and observe the stated times of prayer , and give alms out
of what we have bestowed on them , in secret and openly , and who turn away
evil with good ; the reward of these shall be Paradise , gardens of eternal abode
...
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... he alone has ventured to revive and act upon the memorable words of
Mahomet , uttered before bad passions had diverted the purer and more
enlarged current of his feelings ; “ It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces in
prayer towards ...
... he alone has ventured to revive and act upon the memorable words of
Mahomet , uttered before bad passions had diverted the purer and more
enlarged current of his feelings ; “ It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces in
prayer towards ...
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But fame hangs upon the balance of a straw , which the wind turns in favor of
those who least expect it . A lucky conception - - a casual association , may lead
to achievements , which , in a short space of time , secure that which the learned
...
But fame hangs upon the balance of a straw , which the wind turns in favor of
those who least expect it . A lucky conception - - a casual association , may lead
to achievements , which , in a short space of time , secure that which the learned
...
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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.