The National Quarterly Review, Volúmenes17-18Pudney & Russell, 1868 |
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... period in the life of Lucius Annæus Seneca which does not possess a peculiar interest ; born in the sec- ond or third year of the Christian era , there are few heroes of romance whose story is more chequered . Both his paternal and ...
... period in the life of Lucius Annæus Seneca which does not possess a peculiar interest ; born in the sec- ond or third year of the Christian era , there are few heroes of romance whose story is more chequered . Both his paternal and ...
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... period . He suffered severely from hectic fever , which made him almost a skeleton . In describing his condition to his mother some time subse- quently , he says : " More than once I had the temptation to put an end to my days . The ...
... period . He suffered severely from hectic fever , which made him almost a skeleton . In describing his condition to his mother some time subse- quently , he says : " More than once I had the temptation to put an end to my days . The ...
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... period , as the Christians of the present day are content with the result of their own labours to the same end . Had they equally good grounds to support that feeling of satisfaction ? Upon examination , their labours will appear to ...
... period , as the Christians of the present day are content with the result of their own labours to the same end . Had they equally good grounds to support that feeling of satisfaction ? Upon examination , their labours will appear to ...
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... period , down to the past century , we are presented with the edifying spectacle of Christians using the fervid arguments of fire and sword , in order to convince each other of true Christian virtue . This spirit is , however , but ...
... period , down to the past century , we are presented with the edifying spectacle of Christians using the fervid arguments of fire and sword , in order to convince each other of true Christian virtue . This spirit is , however , but ...
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... period at which the world shall be wholly Christian . Although there is an evident discrepancy between the proclaimed efforts to spread the gospel and the results of these efforts , it must not be supposed that Christianity is ...
... period at which the world shall be wholly Christian . Although there is an evident discrepancy between the proclaimed efforts to spread the gospel and the results of these efforts , it must not be supposed that Christianity is ...
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Página 355 - 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!
Página 14 - 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.
Página 113 - 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.
Página 113 - 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.
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Página 55 - 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.
Página 53 - ... 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.
Página 14 - And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan ; is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Página 91 - ... 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?
Página 91 - 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.