Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Volumen1International Society, 1896 |
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... reason , and to compose for our stu- dents a treatise on ' The Divine Unity and Trinity , ' because they kept asking for human and philosophic reasons , and demanding rather what could be understood than what could be said , declaring ...
... reason , and to compose for our stu- dents a treatise on ' The Divine Unity and Trinity , ' because they kept asking for human and philosophic reasons , and demanding rather what could be understood than what could be said , declaring ...
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... reason . Ber- nard , who was nothing if not a fanatic , and who managed to give vent to all his passions by placing them in the service of his God , at once denounced him to the Pope , to cardinals , and to bishops , in passionate ...
... reason . Ber- nard , who was nothing if not a fanatic , and who managed to give vent to all his passions by placing them in the service of his God , at once denounced him to the Pope , to cardinals , and to bishops , in passionate ...
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... reasons which I used to you , to persuade you not to fetter your freedom , but you pass over most of the pleas I made to withhold you from our ill - fated wedlock . I call God to witness that if Augustus , ruler of the world , should ...
... reasons which I used to you , to persuade you not to fetter your freedom , but you pass over most of the pleas I made to withhold you from our ill - fated wedlock . I call God to witness that if Augustus , ruler of the world , should ...
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... reason . Every leaf bore the word BATH in capital letters . The King was a fine old man , marvelously well preserved , straight , slim , supple as a spring , spruce and shining as a new sabre . His long white moustachios hung under his ...
... reason . Every leaf bore the word BATH in capital letters . The King was a fine old man , marvelously well preserved , straight , slim , supple as a spring , spruce and shining as a new sabre . His long white moustachios hung under his ...
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... reason Tiamat rebels against the gods . Collecting her hosts , among them frightful demon shapes of all imaginable forms , she advances for the purpose of expelling the gods from their seats . The affrighted deities turn for protection ...
... reason Tiamat rebels against the gods . Collecting her hosts , among them frightful demon shapes of all imaginable forms , she advances for the purpose of expelling the gods from their seats . The affrighted deities turn for protection ...
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Página xiv - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Página 430 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather...
Página 164 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Página 267 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 159 - At his first settling with me I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 148 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 164 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them : every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
Página 161 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Página 158 - Some of them could not refrain from tears at the sight of their old master ; every one of them pressed forward to do something for him, and seemed discouraged if they were not employed.
Página 139 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...