The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge : Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, المجلد 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834 |
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الصفحة vi
... thought would most impressively and satisfactorily display them ; and has endeavoured to elucidate his views , by such facts and reasonings , as have the greatest tendency to explain and support them . His rule , throughout , has been ...
... thought would most impressively and satisfactorily display them ; and has endeavoured to elucidate his views , by such facts and reasonings , as have the greatest tendency to explain and support them . His rule , throughout , has been ...
الصفحة viii
... thought it better to state his ideas in the language , which implied his full conviction of their truth , and with the freedom and sincerity which will give them their chief value ; and therefore in the phrases which thus naturally ...
... thought it better to state his ideas in the language , which implied his full conviction of their truth , and with the freedom and sincerity which will give them their chief value ; and therefore in the phrases which thus naturally ...
الصفحة 1
... thought and action , that it is difficult to foresee into what state it will ultimately subside , it is gratifying to know that there are some , who will not desert the true standards of right judgment and VOL . II . B LETTER moral good ...
... thought and action , that it is difficult to foresee into what state it will ultimately subside , it is gratifying to know that there are some , who will not desert the true standards of right judgment and VOL . II . B LETTER moral good ...
الصفحة 2
... thought which will be pursued may not be those that they would have preferred : the views exhibited may not coincide with theirs : sentiments may be expressed which they may occasionally hesitate to approve . Such results cannot but be ...
... thought which will be pursued may not be those that they would have preferred : the views exhibited may not coincide with theirs : sentiments may be expressed which they may occasionally hesitate to approve . Such results cannot but be ...
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... thought . It was in this way , and by such degrees , that European navigation reached the East Indies , and that European courage and industry discovered the North and South continents of the remote American portion of our globe . By ...
... thought . It was in this way , and by such degrees , that European navigation reached the East Indies , and that European courage and industry discovered the North and South continents of the remote American portion of our globe . By ...
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الصفحة 220 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! " The child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
الصفحة 281 - When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
الصفحة 223 - O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive...
الصفحة 281 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
الصفحة 284 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering...
الصفحة 224 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
الصفحة 210 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
الصفحة 240 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place, — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG To the Cuckoo O BLITHE new-comer!
الصفحة 210 - For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream : Then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, And be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you ; And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
الصفحة 510 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.