The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 - English essays |
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... miracles wrought by Moses over those , which the evangelists record of Christ . 66. Further defence of the miracles objected to by David Levi . 67. The origin and progress of poetry . 68 . 69 . On natural and acquired taste . A ...
... miracles wrought by Moses over those , which the evangelists record of Christ . 66. Further defence of the miracles objected to by David Levi . 67. The origin and progress of poetry . 68 . 69 . On natural and acquired taste . A ...
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... claims its origin from divine re- velation , he will prove that God gave to man G 3 N ° 61 . 65 OBSERVER . Argument of David Levi for the superiority of miracles wrought by Moses over those, which evangelists record of Christ.
... claims its origin from divine re- velation , he will prove that God gave to man G 3 N ° 61 . 65 OBSERVER . Argument of David Levi for the superiority of miracles wrought by Moses over those, which evangelists record of Christ.
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... therefore for the present , and pass to the next , viz . Whether Christ's mis- sion was nugatory and superfluous , because the world already 66 N ° 61 . OBSERVER . Further defence of the miracles objected to by David Levi.
... therefore for the present , and pass to the next , viz . Whether Christ's mis- sion was nugatory and superfluous , because the world already 66 N ° 61 . OBSERVER . Further defence of the miracles objected to by David Levi.
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... miracles in confirmation of his vicegerent authority , and to denounce the most tremendous punishments upon the nation , so highly favoured , if in any future time they should disobey and fall off from these sacred statutes and ...
... miracles in confirmation of his vicegerent authority , and to denounce the most tremendous punishments upon the nation , so highly favoured , if in any future time they should disobey and fall off from these sacred statutes and ...
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... miracle , will it not be an evidence in favour of God's special revelation ; If he is presented to the world in some mode superior to , and differing from the ordinary course of nature , such an introduction must attract to his person ...
... miracle , will it not be an evidence in favour of God's special revelation ; If he is presented to the world in some mode superior to , and differing from the ordinary course of nature , such an introduction must attract to his person ...
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Page 88 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 119 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 230 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 86 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 101 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; 52.
Page 125 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.