The National Quarterly Review, المجلدات 17-18 |
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الصفحة 5
His chief object was to learn all he could in a country where the most eminent of
the Greek philosophers had so far extended the sphere of their knowledge ; and
it is sufficiently evident from his writings that he was a close observer and zealous
...
His chief object was to learn all he could in a country where the most eminent of
the Greek philosophers had so far extended the sphere of their knowledge ; and
it is sufficiently evident from his writings that he was a close observer and zealous
...
الصفحة 10
This is but too evident from the testimony of Tacitus , who had no disposition to
misrepresent Seneca . Indeed , the philosopher himself does not deny that there
was a vast difference between his preaching and his practice . “ I am not a sage ...
This is but too evident from the testimony of Tacitus , who had no disposition to
misrepresent Seneca . Indeed , the philosopher himself does not deny that there
was a vast difference between his preaching and his practice . “ I am not a sage ...
الصفحة 18
+ When the author was in exile , and on many other occasions , it was sufficiently
evident that he suffered injury ; it was because he felt injured that he had his
enemy and traducer , Suilius , sent into exile ; but perhaps the philosopher did
not ...
+ When the author was in exile , and on many other occasions , it was sufficiently
evident that he suffered injury ; it was because he felt injured that he had his
enemy and traducer , Suilius , sent into exile ; but perhaps the philosopher did
not ...
الصفحة 19
When his nephew , Lucan , was accused of treason by Nero , Seneca was more
uneasy about his fate than his own ; and that his affection was fully reciprocated
by his friends , we have abundant evidence . His father doated on him as long as
...
When his nephew , Lucan , was accused of treason by Nero , Seneca was more
uneasy about his fate than his own ; and that his affection was fully reciprocated
by his friends , we have abundant evidence . His father doated on him as long as
...
الصفحة 22
There is not one of his philosophical works , which does not contain evidence of
this similarity . None of the Fathers of the Church has written more piously of the
Creator , than Seneca has in his work “ On Providence . " “ Every man knows ...
There is not one of his philosophical works , which does not contain evidence of
this similarity . None of the Fathers of the Church has written more piously of the
Creator , than Seneca has in his work “ On Providence . " “ Every man knows ...
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الصفحة 357 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
الصفحة 16 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
الصفحة 115 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
الصفحة 115 - For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
الصفحة 208 - ENGEL'S (CARL) Music of the Most Ancient Nations ; particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians, And Hebrews; with Special Reference to the Discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt. With 100 Illustrations. 8vo. 16s. ENGLAND (HISTORY or) from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713—83. By LORD MAHON (now Earl Stanhope). Library Edition, 7 Vols. 8vo. 93«.
الصفحة 57 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
الصفحة 55 - ... by the Hindus, we may be satisfied with the testimony of the Persians ; who, though as much inclined as other nations to appropriate the ingenious inventions of a foreign people, unanimously agree, that the game was imported from the west of India, together with the charming fables of Vishnusarman in the sixth century of our era.
الصفحة 16 - And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan ; is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
الصفحة 93 - ... the fruits of their industry, and driven, in the midst of an inclement season, to seek a shelter for themselves and their helpless families where chance may guide them?
الصفحة 93 - It is no secret, that a persecution, accompanied with all the circumstances of ferocious cruelty, which have in all ages distinguished that dreadful calamity, is now raging in this country.