| 1812 - 700 pages
...of abfolute ex. clufion from all fociety. No, it is on the contrary a fcftival, a joyful feftival, to which we ought always to look forward with delight,...with a thankful and a grateful heart. It is only to thofe amufements, which partake of the nature and com' plexion of public dvvtrßoas, on the Lord's... | |
| 1812 - 1038 pages
...joyful festival, to which we ought always to look forward with delight, and enjoy with a thankful and я grateful heart. It is only to those amusements, which partake of the nature and complexion of pullic divcnions versions ри the lyord's I?ay, t bat J tibject; to large рдопйЬНе?, lui шM.KU4-,... | |
| 1812 - 704 pages
...it is on the contrary a feftival, a joyful feftival, to which we ought always to look forward witli delight, and enjoy with a thankful and a grateful heart. It is only to thofr nmufcments, which partake of the nature and com. plexion of public di-verfions, on the Lord's... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 322 pages
...smile lijion flu; face of man is an insult to his Creator. On ihe contrary, he declared it to be " a festival, a joyful festival, to which we ought always...delight, and enjoy with a thankful and a grateful heart." The see of London becoming vacant, by the death of Dr. Lowth, it was conferred on Dr. Porteus, who... | |
| Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...good effects that could result from it. On the contrary, it is a festival, a. joyful festival ; a day to which we ought always to look forward with delight, and enjoy with a thankful and a grateful heart. But let it be remembered at the same time, that it is a day which God claims as his own-, that he has... | |
| Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 pages
...good effect that could result from it. On the contrary, it is a festival, a joyful festival — a day to which we ought always to look forward with delight, and enjoy with a thankful and grateful heart. But let it be remembered, that it is a day which God claims as his own; that He has... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1850 - 404 pages
...good effects that could result from it. On the contrary, it is a festival, a. joyful festival ; a day to which we ought always to look forward with delight, and enjoy with a thankful and a grateful heart. But let it be remembered, at the same time, that it is a day which God claims as his own; that he has... | |
| Robert Cox - 1853 - 744 pages
...not contend," says lie, " that it should be either to the poor, or to the rich, or to any other humun being whatever, a day of gloom and melancholy, a day...which partake of the nature and complexion of public diversion*, on the Lord's Day, that I object ; to large assemblies, for instance, and large concerts... | |
| Robert Cox - 1865 - 522 pages
...misunderstood : " I am no friend," he added, " to a pharisaical or puritanical observance of the Lord's-day. I do^ not contend that it should be either to the...nature and complexion of public diversions on the Lord's-day, that I object ; to large assemblies, for instance, and large concerts consisting of hired... | |
| Robert Cox - 1865 - 528 pages
...human heing whatever, a day of gloom and melancholy, a day of superstitious rigour, a day of ahsolute exclusion from all society. No, it is on the contrary...amusements which partake of the nature and complexion of puhlic diversions on the Lord's-day, that I ohject ; to large assemhlies, for instance, and large concerts... | |
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