The Quarterly review, Volume 21Murray, 1819 |
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... readers . ' The late president Dwight declared , in 1812 , that there were three millions of souls in the United States , entirely destitute of all religious ordinances and worship . It is also asserted , by good authority , that in the ...
... readers . ' The late president Dwight declared , in 1812 , that there were three millions of souls in the United States , entirely destitute of all religious ordinances and worship . It is also asserted , by good authority , that in the ...
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... readers of the Bible , and , consequently , IGNORANT , PREJUDICED , COLD - BLOODED , FALSE AND CRUEL ; but could never be fastened on the more enlightened , liberal and philosophi- cal inhabitants of Louisiana , the descendants of ...
... readers of the Bible , and , consequently , IGNORANT , PREJUDICED , COLD - BLOODED , FALSE AND CRUEL ; but could never be fastened on the more enlightened , liberal and philosophi- cal inhabitants of Louisiana , the descendants of ...
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... readers the feelings of that party in America , which has been the most averse from the irreligious and levelling principles of the Jacobins , and which contains the most re- spectable portion of the American people . They were never ...
... readers the feelings of that party in America , which has been the most averse from the irreligious and levelling principles of the Jacobins , and which contains the most re- spectable portion of the American people . They were never ...
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... readers . Through the numerous editious and translations of Vitruvius , a degree of celebrity has been attached to his name , far surpassing that enjoyed by writers of much higher pretensions , and beyond what he himself , with all his ...
... readers . Through the numerous editious and translations of Vitruvius , a degree of celebrity has been attached to his name , far surpassing that enjoyed by writers of much higher pretensions , and beyond what he himself , with all his ...
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... readers to form their own conjectures . In this essay an attempt is made to trace the history of architec- ture from the earliest ages of Egypt to the period of the Roman conquest of Greece . Vitruvius is silent upon the subject of the ...
... readers to form their own conjectures . In this essay an attempt is made to trace the history of architec- ture from the earliest ages of Egypt to the period of the Roman conquest of Greece . Vitruvius is silent upon the subject of the ...
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Page 50 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Page 61 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 54 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Page 59 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 131 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 61 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 360 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 397 - To the pleasures which Mirth can afford, The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ! But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.
Page 360 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
Page 360 - To subsist in lasting monuments, to live in their productions, to exist in their names and predicament of chimeras, was large satisfaction unto old expectations, and made one part of their Elysiums. But all this is nothing in the metaphysics of true belief.