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... betwixt Pagans and Christians , but betwixt heretics and true believers . This , well considered , takes off the heavy weight of censure , which I would willingly avoid from so venerable a man ; for if this propor- tion , " whosoever ...
... betwixt Pagans and Christians , but betwixt heretics and true believers . This , well considered , takes off the heavy weight of censure , which I would willingly avoid from so venerable a man ; for if this propor- tion , " whosoever ...
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... betwixt , This now becalmed , and perishing the next . As if great Atlas from his height Should sink beneath his heavenly weight , And , with a mighty flaw , the flaming wall , As once it shall , Should gape immense , and , rushing down ...
... betwixt , This now becalmed , and perishing the next . As if great Atlas from his height Should sink beneath his heavenly weight , And , with a mighty flaw , the flaming wall , As once it shall , Should gape immense , and , rushing down ...
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... betwixt us . In the mean time , he would dispute the motives of her change ; how preposterously , let all men judge , when he seemed to deny the subject of the contro- versy , the change itself . And because I would in a few years ...
... betwixt us . In the mean time , he would dispute the motives of her change ; how preposterously , let all men judge , when he seemed to deny the subject of the contro- versy , the change itself . And because I would in a few years ...
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... betwixt his legs he wears , Close clap'd for shame ; but his rough crest he rears , And pricks up * his predestinating ears . His wild disordered walk , his hagard eyes , Did all the bestial citizens surprise . Though feared and hated ...
... betwixt his legs he wears , Close clap'd for shame ; but his rough crest he rears , And pricks up * his predestinating ears . His wild disordered walk , his hagard eyes , Did all the bestial citizens surprise . Though feared and hated ...
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... betwixt a puddle and a wall ; † * Alluding to the classical ordination , which the Presbyterian church has adopted , instead of that by Bishops . + Geneva , the cradle of Calvinism . The territories of the little republic , dum Troja ...
... betwixt a puddle and a wall ; † * Alluding to the classical ordination , which the Presbyterian church has adopted , instead of that by Bishops . + Geneva , the cradle of Calvinism . The territories of the little republic , dum Troja ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Absalom and Achitophel Alluding appear Arius Bayes beast betwixt Bishop Burnet called Catholic character Charles Charles II Christian church of England church of Rome clergy comedy conscience controversy court crown Declaration of Indulgence declared divine doctrine Dryden Duke Duke of Guise Duke of York EPILOGUE faith fame fanatics fate father favour fear foes friends grace heaven Hind and Panther holy honour hope Hudibras humour indulgence infallibility James kind king king's late laws learned living Lord muse ne'er never Note o'er Papists Parliament party penal laws persecution person plain play plot poem poet poetry Pope Popish Plot pretend priests prince PROLOGUE Protestant Queen reason reformed reign Religio Laici religion Roman royal sacred satire scripture sects seems sense Shadwell Shadwell's shew soul Stillingfleet supposed things thou tion true truth verse Whigs word
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Página 440 - And down they sent the yet declaiming bard. Sinking he left his drugget robe behind, Borne upwards by a subterranean wind. The mantle fell to the young prophet's part, With double portion of his father's art.
Página 242 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Página 434 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years : Shadwell alone, of all my sons, is he. Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through, and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Página 120 - Tis true she bounded by and tripped so light, They had not time to take a steady sight ; For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be loved needs only to be seen.
Página 440 - In thy felonious heart tho' venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen iambics, but mild anagram. Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land. There thou may'st wings display and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways. Or, if thou wouldst thy diff'rent talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Página 153 - The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is faith.
Página 440 - Like mine, thy gentle numbers feebly creep ; Thy Tragic Muse gives smiles ; thy Comic, sleep. With whate'er gall thou sett'st thyself to write, Thy inoffensive satires never bite. In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram.
Página 153 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Página 147 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Página 153 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.