The Works of William E. Channing, المجلد 1J. Munroe, 1848 - 440 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة x
... importance to our own free moral nature , is no very easy work . But it must be done . Man's free activity is as important to religion as God's infinity . In the king- dom of Heaven , the moral power of the subject is as es- sential as ...
... importance to our own free moral nature , is no very easy work . But it must be done . Man's free activity is as important to religion as God's infinity . In the king- dom of Heaven , the moral power of the subject is as es- sential as ...
الصفحة xx
... importance . I proceed to another sentiment , which is expressed so habitually in these writings , as to constitute one of their characteristics , and which is intimately connected with the preceding topic . It is reverence for Liberty ...
... importance . I proceed to another sentiment , which is expressed so habitually in these writings , as to constitute one of their characteristics , and which is intimately connected with the preceding topic . It is reverence for Liberty ...
الصفحة xxiii
... important step is , a better comprehension by communities , that gov- ernment is at best a rude machinery , which can accom- plish but very limited good , and which , when strained to accomplish what individuals should do for themselves ...
... important step is , a better comprehension by communities , that gov- ernment is at best a rude machinery , which can accom- plish but very limited good , and which , when strained to accomplish what individuals should do for themselves ...
الصفحة 3
... important event in literary history . The consideration , that we of this age are the first readers of this Treatise , naturally heightens our inter- est in it ; for we seem in this way to be brought nearer to the author , and to ...
... important event in literary history . The consideration , that we of this age are the first readers of this Treatise , naturally heightens our inter- est in it ; for we seem in this way to be brought nearer to the author , and to ...
الصفحة 21
... important qualities of style ; but there are vastly nobler and more important ones , such as energy and richness , and in these Milton is not sur- passed . The best style is not that which puts the reader most easily and in the shortest ...
... important qualities of style ; but there are vastly nobler and more important ones , such as energy and richness , and in these Milton is not sur- passed . The best style is not that which puts the reader most easily and in the shortest ...
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الصفحة 28 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
الصفحة 50 - O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good, created all Such to perfection, one first matter all, Endued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and, in things that live, of life...
الصفحة 320 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
الصفحة 316 - Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
الصفحة 13 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
الصفحة 52 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
الصفحة 229 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
الصفحة 14 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
الصفحة 17 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
الصفحة 35 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...