Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846--1864-1865, Volumen13James Nisbet & Company, 1858 |
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... hands to be tottering to their fall ; no human arm can retrieve the waning fortunes of the prophet ; " Mene , Mene , Tekel " is written on the dynasties of Constantinople and Teheran . Nor does Buddhism show any signs of enduring ...
... hands to be tottering to their fall ; no human arm can retrieve the waning fortunes of the prophet ; " Mene , Mene , Tekel " is written on the dynasties of Constantinople and Teheran . Nor does Buddhism show any signs of enduring ...
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... hand of God for its universal diffusion ? Other kingdoms before her have been pre - eminent in riches , in literature , in science , in military power , -Tyre had her colonies , Greece her Socrates and Plato ; the Roman eagles were ...
... hand of God for its universal diffusion ? Other kingdoms before her have been pre - eminent in riches , in literature , in science , in military power , -Tyre had her colonies , Greece her Socrates and Plato ; the Roman eagles were ...
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... hand and blockheads on the other ! I can understand the manliness of a yacht race , of a rowing match ; here there is something for men to do , something that exercises both mind and body ; but on the turf - I do not see that there is ...
... hand and blockheads on the other ! I can understand the manliness of a yacht race , of a rowing match ; here there is something for men to do , something that exercises both mind and body ; but on the turf - I do not see that there is ...
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... hand . Is it a tragedy ? You are filled with a mawkish sentimentalism . Is it a farce ? You are convulsed with laughter . Is it a melodrama ? It makes a baby of you , and you laugh and cry by turns . Nothing , surely , in all this that ...
... hand . Is it a tragedy ? You are filled with a mawkish sentimentalism . Is it a farce ? You are convulsed with laughter . Is it a melodrama ? It makes a baby of you , and you laugh and cry by turns . Nothing , surely , in all this that ...
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... hand , there are brutal pastimes ; on the other , recreations of a silly and effeminate character ; and besides these , there are many which , while neither brutal nor effeminate , are extremely demoralizing . All forms of gambling ...
... hand , there are brutal pastimes ; on the other , recreations of a silly and effeminate character ; and besides these , there are many which , while neither brutal nor effeminate , are extremely demoralizing . All forms of gambling ...
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Página 158 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Página 368 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 225 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement. From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Página 270 - Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word : Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars : Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Página 402 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Página 270 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Página 402 - And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Página 182 - Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Página 521 - Perish policy and cunning, Perish all that fears the light ! Whether losing, whether winning, Trust in God and do the right.
Página 330 - ... a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...