The Works of William E. Channing, المجلد 1J. Munroe, 1848 - 440 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xi
... strength to that submission to despotic power , which has charac- terized the Eastern world . The sovereign , in whom the whole power of the state was centred , became an emblem of the One , Infinite Power , and was worshipped as its ...
... strength to that submission to despotic power , which has charac- terized the Eastern world . The sovereign , in whom the whole power of the state was centred , became an emblem of the One , Infinite Power , and was worshipped as its ...
الصفحة xxii
... strength of utterance God has given Power trampling on right , whether in the person of king or priest , or in the shape of democracies , major- ities and republican slaveholders , is the saddest sight to him who honors human nature and ...
... strength of utterance God has given Power trampling on right , whether in the person of king or priest , or in the shape of democracies , major- ities and republican slaveholders , is the saddest sight to him who honors human nature and ...
الصفحة xxviii
... strength from the experience of public life , whose policy is colored if not swayed by personal views or party interests , who do not seek peace with a single heart , who , to secure doubtful rights , perplex the foreign relations of ...
... strength from the experience of public life , whose policy is colored if not swayed by personal views or party interests , who do not seek peace with a single heart , who , to secure doubtful rights , perplex the foreign relations of ...
الصفحة 16
... strength from the force , con- stancy , and dauntless courage of evil agents . Milton's description of Satan attests in various ways the power of his genius . Critics have often observed , that the great difficulty of his work was , to ...
... strength from the force , con- stancy , and dauntless courage of evil agents . Milton's description of Satan attests in various ways the power of his genius . Critics have often observed , that the great difficulty of his work was , to ...
الصفحة 31
... strength . A " virtue goes out " from them . We discern more clearly , not merely be- cause a new light is thrown over objects , but because our own vision is strengthened . Sometimes a single word , spoken by the voice of genius , goes ...
... strength . A " virtue goes out " from them . We discern more clearly , not merely be- cause a new light is thrown over objects , but because our own vision is strengthened . Sometimes a single word , spoken by the voice of genius , goes ...
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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...