The North British Review, Volume 5W.P. Kennedy, 1846 |
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... interest revived elsewhere in the life and labours of Leibnitz , and indicated among other means by these recent publications , to pass shortly in review the leading events recorded in his biography , accompanied with a few historical ...
... interest revived elsewhere in the life and labours of Leibnitz , and indicated among other means by these recent publications , to pass shortly in review the leading events recorded in his biography , accompanied with a few historical ...
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... interest confined to what is merely physical . Society itself is undergoing fundamental changes ; and the science of society , under its two- fold form of civil and ecclesiastical , is the theme of discussion and controversy . An age in ...
... interest confined to what is merely physical . Society itself is undergoing fundamental changes ; and the science of society , under its two- fold form of civil and ecclesiastical , is the theme of discussion and controversy . An age in ...
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... interest , to be a valuable help to him who desires to understand and appreciate his writings . It is satisfactory to find that most of the materials collected by former biographers , eulogists , and commentators , along with some new ...
... interest , to be a valuable help to him who desires to understand and appreciate his writings . It is satisfactory to find that most of the materials collected by former biographers , eulogists , and commentators , along with some new ...
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... interest than can be attached to any other modern school of philosophy . Although this peculiar feature of its history is marred by that mystic quiet- ism which the monastic genius of the Romish Church tends to foster , it is ...
... interest than can be attached to any other modern school of philosophy . Although this peculiar feature of its history is marred by that mystic quiet- ism which the monastic genius of the Romish Church tends to foster , it is ...
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... interests of men . Along the borders of this shaded land , have arisen the miasmata of the schools of Elea and Alexandria , of Spinoza and the new German philoso- phy , and of eastern mysticism . Hitherto , Scottish thinkers , with a ...
... interests of men . Along the borders of this shaded land , have arisen the miasmata of the schools of Elea and Alexandria , of Spinoza and the new German philoso- phy , and of eastern mysticism . Hitherto , Scottish thinkers , with a ...
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Page 32 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 81 - Hear us (O merciful Father) we beseech Thee ; and with Thy Holy Spirit and word vouchsafe to bless and sanctify these Thy gifts, and creatures of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the body and blood of Thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ.
Page 446 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 81 - And we most humbly beseech Thee, O merciful FATHER, to hear us, and of Thy Almighty goodness, vouchsafe to ' bless and sanctify, with Thy Word and Holy Spirit, these Thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine...
Page 129 - I defer to speak at this time and understood at the last not only that there was no room in my lord of London's palace to translate the new testament, but also that there was no place to do it in all England, as experience doth now openly declare.
Page 82 - Gospel command us to continue a perpetual memory of that his precious death until his coming again; hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee, and grant that we, receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood...
Page 423 - The increase and expansion of the Christian creed and ritual, and the variations which have attended the process in the case of individual writers and churches, are the necessary attendants on any philosophy or polity which takes possession of the intellect and heart, and has had any wide or extended dominion. From the nature of the human mind, time is necessary for the full comprehension and perfection of great ideas.
Page 1 - Islands: Comprehending the Natural and Economical History of Species and Varieties ; the Description of the Properties of external Form ; and Observations on the Principles and Practice of Breeding. By D. Low, Esq., FRSE With Wood Engravings. 8vo. price 25s. Low.— Elements of Practical Agriculture ; comprehending the Cultivation of Plants, the Husbandry of the Domestic Animals, and the Economy of the Farm.
Page 334 - England, Wade says, and I believe, is for the first comer; and if you can tell whether the 6000 Dutch and the ten battalions of English, or 5000 French or Spaniards, will be here first, you know our fate.
Page 9 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.