Southey's Common-place Book, Volume 1Reaves and Turner, 1876 - Anecdotes |
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... doctrine which the Apostle speaks of . " Faith and Opinion . S to the thing itself , " says JEREMY TAYLOR , " the truth is , it is better in con- templation than practice : for reckon all that is got by it when you come to handle it ...
... doctrine which the Apostle speaks of . " Faith and Opinion . S to the thing itself , " says JEREMY TAYLOR , " the truth is , it is better in con- templation than practice : for reckon all that is got by it when you come to handle it ...
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... doctrines and traditions of men , taught and received instead of the pure and unmixed word of God ; whereas many old professors , who are wholly in the form , prove the greatest enemies to the power of Godliness ; and thus the first are ...
... doctrines and traditions of men , taught and received instead of the pure and unmixed word of God ; whereas many old professors , who are wholly in the form , prove the greatest enemies to the power of Godliness ; and thus the first are ...
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... doctrine to exhort ; and then καὶ τὰς ἀντιλέγοντας ἐλέγχειν , and to convince the gainsayers , for saith he , there are many deceivers whose mouths must be stopt . " Now , Sir , to my purpose : These double abilities , these several ...
... doctrine to exhort ; and then καὶ τὰς ἀντιλέγοντας ἐλέγχειν , and to convince the gainsayers , for saith he , there are many deceivers whose mouths must be stopt . " Now , Sir , to my purpose : These double abilities , these several ...
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... doctrines and opinions , the original of ancient and the composition of modern tongues , the te- nures of property , the maxims of policy , the rites of religion , the characters of vir- tue and vice , and indeed the nature of mankind ...
... doctrines and opinions , the original of ancient and the composition of modern tongues , the te- nures of property , the maxims of policy , the rites of religion , the characters of vir- tue and vice , and indeed the nature of mankind ...
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... doctrines ; being like children , tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine . " - BAR- ROW , vol . 3 , p . 161 . Extempore Plays in France and Italy . " THERE is a way Which the Italians and the Frenchmen use , That is , on a word ...
... doctrines ; being like children , tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine . " - BAR- ROW , vol . 3 , p . 161 . Extempore Plays in France and Italy . " THERE is a way Which the Italians and the Frenchmen use , That is , on a word ...
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Page 328 - If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there also shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 494 - I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labour'd much How to forget that learning; but, sir, now It did me yeoman's service.
Page 100 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 132 - And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Page 243 - they are made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven...
Page 576 - People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chymistry by lectures : — You might teach- making of shoes by lectures...
Page 298 - My health advances faster than my amusement. However, I have been at one opera, Mr. Wesley's. They have boys and girls with charming voices, that sing hymns, in parts, to Scotch ballad tunes; but indeed so long that one would think they were already in eternity, and knew how much time they had before them.
Page 336 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 398 - ... and otherwise made in vain: without this accomplishment, the natural expectation and desire of such a state were but a fallacy in nature: unsatisfied considerators would...
Page 525 - ... in the excess of clothes and diet than any other man ; and was indeed the original of all those inventions from which others did but transcribe copies. He had a great universal understanding, and could have taken as much delight in any other way, if he had thought any other as pleasant and worth his care. But he found business was attended with more rivals and vexations.