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الصفحة x
... writer , by the feelings and operations of the mind in the contemplation of other things.- " When from the summit of some lofty moun- tain , we survey the wide extended landscape ; though highly delighted , we feel ourselves be ...
... writer , by the feelings and operations of the mind in the contemplation of other things.- " When from the summit of some lofty moun- tain , we survey the wide extended landscape ; though highly delighted , we feel ourselves be ...
الصفحة xi
... necessary to enlarge upon the advantages of this species of writing , than to ascertain what are the most proper subjects to bring under review . -They are by no means persons raised to the highest A 2 PREFACE . xi .
... necessary to enlarge upon the advantages of this species of writing , than to ascertain what are the most proper subjects to bring under review . -They are by no means persons raised to the highest A 2 PREFACE . xi .
الصفحة xvii
... writer of his own life has at least the first qualification of an historian , the knowledge of the truth ; and though it may be plausibly ob- jected that his temptations to disguise it , are equal to his opportunities of knowing it ...
... writer of his own life has at least the first qualification of an historian , the knowledge of the truth ; and though it may be plausibly ob- jected that his temptations to disguise it , are equal to his opportunities of knowing it ...
الصفحة xviii
... writing may be . A pattern ought to be something above us ; something that will re- mind us of deficiency , and animate us to dili- gence . Thirdly . - The sources of excellency lie open to us . If the attainments of those we ...
... writing may be . A pattern ought to be something above us ; something that will re- mind us of deficiency , and animate us to dili- gence . Thirdly . - The sources of excellency lie open to us . If the attainments of those we ...
الصفحة xix
... writer been the eulogist instead of the his- torian that the mind becomes sceptical , and takes it for granted that if fable be not mixed with fact , reality is embellished by descrip- tion , and magnified by the fondness of admi ...
... writer been the eulogist instead of the his- torian that the mind becomes sceptical , and takes it for granted that if fable be not mixed with fact , reality is embellished by descrip- tion , and magnified by the fondness of admi ...
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الصفحة 328 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no ^ flesh while the world standeth, * lest I make my brother to offend.
الصفحة 281 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
الصفحة 281 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
الصفحة 294 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
الصفحة 375 - They take the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
الصفحة 46 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
الصفحة xiii - Catiline, to remark that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion. Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us, that when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour, but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense...
الصفحة 91 - My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
الصفحة 372 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
الصفحة 298 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...