Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... present , and the future rise up at once before us ; and we see how strongly the stream of genius , instead of gliding down the smooth current of ordinary life , has been broken and agitated by the cataract of revolution . With far less ...
... present , and the future rise up at once before us ; and we see how strongly the stream of genius , instead of gliding down the smooth current of ordinary life , has been broken and agitated by the cataract of revolution . With far less ...
Sivu 10
... present your- self armed with theological reasons ; but what you must begin with is , an inducement to read your book . What is most needed is a popular work on religion . Those who have hitherto written on it have too often fallen into ...
... present your- self armed with theological reasons ; but what you must begin with is , an inducement to read your book . What is most needed is a popular work on religion . Those who have hitherto written on it have too often fallen into ...
Sivu 15
... present , thinks that he sees the venerable grand- father revive in the new - born which has taken his name . Such is the domestic spectacle which throughout all the Christian world the sacrament of Baptism presents ; but religion ...
... present , thinks that he sees the venerable grand- father revive in the new - born which has taken his name . Such is the domestic spectacle which throughout all the Christian world the sacrament of Baptism presents ; but religion ...
Sivu 17
... presents us with the following beautiful observations : - " Habit and a long life together are more necessary to ... present , and the future . " The wife of a Christian is not a simple mortal : she is a mysterious angelic being the ...
... presents us with the following beautiful observations : - " Habit and a long life together are more necessary to ... present , and the future . " The wife of a Christian is not a simple mortal : she is a mysterious angelic being the ...
Sivu 20
... present conclusions more sublime than the most fervid imagination has been able to conceive . Everything announces that the great works of nature are carried on by slow and insensible gradations ; continents , the abode of millions ...
... present conclusions more sublime than the most fervid imagination has been able to conceive . Everything announces that the great works of nature are carried on by slow and insensible gradations ; continents , the abode of millions ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...