The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 16Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 - English literature |
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... feeling of the Americans , with regard to the independence of their re- spective assemblies on the British parliament . It was about this very period that Dr. Franklin mentions in a letter , dated Dec. 2 , 1772 , that in a conversation ...
... feeling of the Americans , with regard to the independence of their re- spective assemblies on the British parliament . It was about this very period that Dr. Franklin mentions in a letter , dated Dec. 2 , 1772 , that in a conversation ...
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... feeling such high esteem for his cha- racter , and confidence in his abilities , that they were unwilling to ... feelings of con- pre- ditional dependence upon their bounty . Their letters , on 16 Memoirs of Granville Sharp , Esq .
... feeling such high esteem for his cha- racter , and confidence in his abilities , that they were unwilling to ... feelings of con- pre- ditional dependence upon their bounty . Their letters , on 16 Memoirs of Granville Sharp , Esq .
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... feelings , and cherished illusions , into which life has spread itself with a sort of luxuriance in the progress of refinement , and partly to the higher principles and more mental enjoyment with which of late years the theory of ...
... feelings , and cherished illusions , into which life has spread itself with a sort of luxuriance in the progress of refinement , and partly to the higher principles and more mental enjoyment with which of late years the theory of ...
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... it can no longer communicate with the heart ; its al- liance with moral feeling is cut off : it has no longer any com- mon medium of expression with the impulses of genuine affection 38 Wordsworth's River Duddon , and other Poems .
... it can no longer communicate with the heart ; its al- liance with moral feeling is cut off : it has no longer any com- mon medium of expression with the impulses of genuine affection 38 Wordsworth's River Duddon , and other Poems .
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... feeling , and a language at the farthest remove from poetical elevation . To mistake a mean and prostrate diction for the dialect of the poet , is among the follies generated by the affectation of treating things in a new way . It is an ...
... feeling , and a language at the farthest remove from poetical elevation . To mistake a mean and prostrate diction for the dialect of the poet , is among the follies generated by the affectation of treating things in a new way . It is an ...
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Page 137 - If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven ; whereof I Paul am made a minister...
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Page 363 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 231 - Are not the mountains, waves, and skies, a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them?
Page 69 - God hath chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him.
Page 45 - No sound is uttered, — but a deep And solemn harmony pervades The hollow vale from steep to steep, And penetrates the glades. Far-distant images draw nigh, Called forth by wondrous potency Of beamy radiance, that imbues Whate'er it strikes 'with gem-like hues ! In vision exquisitely clear, Herds range along the mountain side ; And glistening antlers are descried ; And gilded flocks appear.
Page 45 - While choirs of fervent Angels sang Their vespers in the grove ; Or, crowning, star-like, each some sovereign height, Warbled, for heaven above and earth below, Strains suitable to both.
Page 46 - If aught unworthy be my choice, From THEE if I would swerve ; Oh, let thy grace remind me of the light Full early lost, and fruitlessly deplored; Which, at this moment, on my waking sight Appears to shine, by miracle restored; My soul, though yet confined to earth, Rejoices in a second birth!
Page 144 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 140 - And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.