Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 8Devonshire Press, 1876 - Devon (England) List of members in each volume. |
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Page 103 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 645 - And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven ? 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
Page 526 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd : The which observ'd, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings, lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 42 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me.
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Page 735 - Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church it shows What's good, and doth no good: If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others...
Page 33 - The wisdom of God receives small honour from those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works : those highly magnify him whose judicious enquiry into his acts, and deliberate research into his creatures, return the duty of a devout and learned admiration.
Page 697 - God : with Christ I am nailed to the cross. 20 And I live, now not I ; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh : I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me.