The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 138A. Constable, 1873 |
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... Christians . There is land ' enough , but there wants stock to stock it ; for I cannot blame ' them that are loth to live here , for he shall live as it were ' among beasts : and if he live out in the country , he shall be in danger of ...
... Christians . There is land ' enough , but there wants stock to stock it ; for I cannot blame ' them that are loth to live here , for he shall live as it were ' among beasts : and if he live out in the country , he shall be in danger of ...
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... Christianity , while we are ignorant of the great mass of comment and judicial decision which was , to the text of ... Christ Himself divided the Law into the two branches of duty to God and duty to man ; or what we now term Religion and ...
... Christianity , while we are ignorant of the great mass of comment and judicial decision which was , to the text of ... Christ Himself divided the Law into the two branches of duty to God and duty to man ; or what we now term Religion and ...
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... Christ . Much of His recorded teach- ing specially relates to the contemporary controversies on these and similar points . He refers , with the utmost respect , to the Oral Law . The very language of the Mishna is employed ver- batim by ...
... Christ . Much of His recorded teach- ing specially relates to the contemporary controversies on these and similar points . He refers , with the utmost respect , to the Oral Law . The very language of the Mishna is employed ver- batim by ...
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... Christianity from the ethics and opinions of the people who were the first Christians will be sought for in vain in Meuschen . It has proved a grateful and not unrewarded task to wander through the mazes of the Talmud , and to cull ...
... Christianity from the ethics and opinions of the people who were the first Christians will be sought for in vain in Meuschen . It has proved a grateful and not unrewarded task to wander through the mazes of the Talmud , and to cull ...
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... Christianity was in her cradle , and would thus discern both what that Faith historically is , and how it has gradually assumed its present form - If form , ' indeed , that might be called which form has none . ' Little cause have we to ...
... Christianity was in her cradle , and would thus discern both what that Faith historically is , and how it has gradually assumed its present form - If form , ' indeed , that might be called which form has none . ' Little cause have we to ...
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Page 549 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 551 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 10 - ... will greatly modify this estimate. Unlettered as he was and unpolished, he was still in some most important points a gentleman. He was a member of a proud and powerful aristocracy, and was distinguished by many both of the good and of the bad qualities which belong to aristocrats. His family pride was beyond that of a Talbot or a Howard. He knew the genealogies and coats of arms of all his neighbours, and could tell which of them had assumed supporters without any right, and which of them were...
Page 491 - House standing out of a speaking distance from another; .... We could see at every house a Tenter, and on almost every Tenter a piece of Cloth or Kersie or Shalloon.
Page 553 - Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 564 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 271 - It will further endeavour from time to time, by such means as crrcumstancea may require, to strengthen the Government of your Highness, to enable you to exercise with equity and with justice your rightful rule, and to transmit to your descendants all the dignities and honours of which you are the lawful possessor.
Page 186 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 11 - I am so far from growing used to mankind by living amongst them, that my natural ferocity and wildness does but every day grow worse. They tire me, they fatigue me ; I don't know what to do with them ; I don't know what to say to them; I fling open the windows and fancy I want air ; and when I get by myself, I undress myself, and seem to have had people in my pockets, in my plaits, and on my shoulders!
Page 543 - Ever remember that thou art human, not merely a natural production ; ever remember that all others are human also, and, with all individual differences, the same as thou, having the same needs and claims as thyself; this is the sum and substance of morality.