The North American Review, Volume 63Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1846 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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charter for such privileges either in natural morality or in revelation ; and in order
to legitimate them for nations , he is driven to regard the state as a distinct ,
nondescript personality , devoid of human attributes and responsibleness , half
God ...
charter for such privileges either in natural morality or in revelation ; and in order
to legitimate them for nations , he is driven to regard the state as a distinct ,
nondescript personality , devoid of human attributes and responsibleness , half
God ...
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... and perspicuous rendering is of course essential as a basis for their allegorical
interpretations . But there is one consideration which perhaps renders these
songs of still higher religious worth when we regard them as mere love - songs .
... and perspicuous rendering is of course essential as a basis for their allegorical
interpretations . But there is one consideration which perhaps renders these
songs of still higher religious worth when we regard them as mere love - songs .
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His untenable theory of consubstantiation evidently grew out of a lingering ,
traditional regard for the Catholic views of the sacrament . But the other
Reformers had no sympathy with these feelings ; they looked on him as standing
in the way of ...
His untenable theory of consubstantiation evidently grew out of a lingering ,
traditional regard for the Catholic views of the sacrament . But the other
Reformers had no sympathy with these feelings ; they looked on him as standing
in the way of ...
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He was trying to reform his countrymen in regard to the very vice of which he is
accused ; and should we look , in the course of nature , for utter abandonment on
the part of the Reformer , heretofore so continent , just when he was preaching ...
He was trying to reform his countrymen in regard to the very vice of which he is
accused ; and should we look , in the course of nature , for utter abandonment on
the part of the Reformer , heretofore so continent , just when he was preaching ...
Page 513
We regard the lesson to be learned , from the study of the prophet ' s life , as in
favor of uprightness ; not , as by the imposture theory , in favor of deception and
knavery . But not only do we look on Mohammed as honest , we regard him as
one ...
We regard the lesson to be learned , from the study of the prophet ' s life , as in
favor of uprightness ; not , as by the imposture theory , in favor of deception and
knavery . But not only do we look on Mohammed as honest , we regard him as
one ...
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| Title | The North American Review, Volume 63 Volumes 181-183 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | O. Everett, 1846 |
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