The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 247A. Constable, 1928 |
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Page 129
... Chinese territory , in particular Port Arthur , and on 18th March the idea of an alliance between Great Britain , Japan and China first comes into view . The surrender of Kiao Chau and Port Arthur , however , compelled us to accept the ...
... Chinese territory , in particular Port Arthur , and on 18th March the idea of an alliance between Great Britain , Japan and China first comes into view . The surrender of Kiao Chau and Port Arthur , however , compelled us to accept the ...
Page 145
... Chinese that Communism " does not pay . " Nothing is more remarkable than the unanimity with which Communism is now ... Chinese Bolshevism and repeatedly referred to as such in both Chinese and foreign papers , wrote to the North ...
... Chinese that Communism " does not pay . " Nothing is more remarkable than the unanimity with which Communism is now ... Chinese Bolshevism and repeatedly referred to as such in both Chinese and foreign papers , wrote to the North ...
Page 146
... Chinese civil war , trivial . Strenuous propaganda in the rear of opposing armies , the famous " cell " system of Moscow , disaffection easily instilled into unpaid troops and a civil population sick of mis - government and official ...
... Chinese civil war , trivial . Strenuous propaganda in the rear of opposing armies , the famous " cell " system of Moscow , disaffection easily instilled into unpaid troops and a civil population sick of mis - government and official ...
Page 147
... Chinese politics which it recently enjoyed . * This remarkable change is , one ventures to think , another instance of that mysterious power which the Chinese people have always revealed of putting a stop to their rulers ' excesses when ...
... Chinese politics which it recently enjoyed . * This remarkable change is , one ventures to think , another instance of that mysterious power which the Chinese people have always revealed of putting a stop to their rulers ' excesses when ...
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... Chinese people , merchants , farmers , shop - keepers and artisans , can even exist under conditions which they appear , more or less resignedly , to accept . That they do so is probably due to the fact that the revolutionary teachings ...
... Chinese people , merchants , farmers , shop - keepers and artisans , can even exist under conditions which they appear , more or less resignedly , to accept . That they do so is probably due to the fact that the revolutionary teachings ...
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Page 2 - THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 2 - Transubstantiation, (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 3 - And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee...
Page 31 - The common problem, yours, mine, every one's, Is — not to fancy what were fair in life Provided it could be, — but, finding first What may be, then find how to make it fair Up to our means: a very different thing!
Page 3 - And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service ; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord...
Page 95 - Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. It moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the scientific passion for pure knowledge, but also of the moral and social passion for doing good.
Page 2 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 95 - ... the literature they read, the things which give them pleasure, the words which come forth out of their mouths, the thoughts which make the furniture of their minds; would any amount of wealth be worth having with the condition that one was to become just like these people by having it?
Page 58 - I walk through the churchyard To lay this body down; I know moon-rise, I know star-rise; I walk in the moonlight, I walk in the starlight; I'll lie in the grave and stretch out my arms, I'll go to judgment in the evening of the day, And my soul and thy soul shall meet that day, When I lay this body down.
Page 81 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.