Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... rendered hopeless ; and , speaking to the hearts of men , now purified by suffering , and cleansed by the agonising ordeal of revolution , scattered far and wide the seeds of a rational and manly piety . Other writers have followed in ...
... rendered hopeless ; and , speaking to the hearts of men , now purified by suffering , and cleansed by the agonising ordeal of revolution , scattered far and wide the seeds of a rational and manly piety . Other writers have followed in ...
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... render religion a matter of fashion ? Would to God , I reply , that that divine religion was really in fashion , in ... rendering religion ridiculous in the eyes of a frivolous gene- ration . It is this ridicule which the author of the ...
... render religion a matter of fashion ? Would to God , I reply , that that divine religion was really in fashion , in ... rendering religion ridiculous in the eyes of a frivolous gene- ration . It is this ridicule which the author of the ...
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... rendered to mankind by the clergy , regular and secular . On the mysteries of faith he commences with these fine observations : - " There is nothing beautiful , sweet , or grand in life , but has its mystery . The sentiments which ...
... rendered to mankind by the clergy , regular and secular . On the mysteries of faith he commences with these fine observations : - " There is nothing beautiful , sweet , or grand in life , but has its mystery . The sentiments which ...
Sivu 35
... rendered famous by the malediction of Heaven : that river is the Jordan - that lake is the Dead Sea . It appears with a serene surface ; but the guilty cities which are embosomed in its waves have poisoned its waters . Its solitary ...
... rendered famous by the malediction of Heaven : that river is the Jordan - that lake is the Dead Sea . It appears with a serene surface ; but the guilty cities which are embosomed in its waves have poisoned its waters . Its solitary ...
Sivu 36
... rendered immortal in the finest poetry , but its banks were the theatre of the miracles of our religion . Judea is ... renders our author , in an especial manner , partial to the description of sad and solitary scenes . The following ...
... rendered immortal in the finest poetry , but its banks were the theatre of the miracles of our religion . Judea is ... renders our author , in an especial manner , partial to the description of sad and solitary scenes . The following ...
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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...