The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 2F. and C. Rivington, 1814 - English literature |
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... passing to eternal perdition , who , with the blessing of God , might be turned from the error of their way but for a prejudice that paralyzed my exertions . " P. 5 , 6 , Lett . 2 . It is impossible to read this passage without being ...
... passing to eternal perdition , who , with the blessing of God , might be turned from the error of their way but for a prejudice that paralyzed my exertions . " P. 5 , 6 , Lett . 2 . It is impossible to read this passage without being ...
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... passed from his government into the different classes of society ; for a wicked go- vernment introduces vice , as a wise government cherishes virtue among a people . Irreligion , a taste for every enjoyment and ex- pence above their ...
... passed from his government into the different classes of society ; for a wicked go- vernment introduces vice , as a wise government cherishes virtue among a people . Irreligion , a taste for every enjoyment and ex- pence above their ...
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... passed in various avoca- tions , and it is not till the next morning , that he finds time again to see Zillah . We confess Zillah has some reason to be mortified by the tameness of her lover , and are not much astonished to find her ...
... passed in various avoca- tions , and it is not till the next morning , that he finds time again to see Zillah . We confess Zillah has some reason to be mortified by the tameness of her lover , and are not much astonished to find her ...
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... passed over in only three short chapters ; besides which , they are very little to the purpose . It surely cannot be conformable to the plan of a man who professes to present the reader with a Christian manual , or general reflections ...
... passed over in only three short chapters ; besides which , they are very little to the purpose . It surely cannot be conformable to the plan of a man who professes to present the reader with a Christian manual , or general reflections ...
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... passed over in respectful silence . Upon that poem we hope to give an opinion at some length in a future num- ber : we shall therefore stand excused in expressing no opinion upon the Ode before us , except a wish that it had never been ...
... passed over in respectful silence . Upon that poem we hope to give an opinion at some length in a future num- ber : we shall therefore stand excused in expressing no opinion upon the Ode before us , except a wish that it had never been ...
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Page 377 - Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Page 317 - Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
Page 423 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 471 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
Page 495 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 522 - Fear not : for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 423 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shall not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 351 - ... there are some which, though they see their object clearly and distinctly in general ; yet, when they come to unfold its parts by discourse or writing, lose that luminous conception which they had before attained. All accounts agree in ascribing to Cromwell, a tiresome, dark, unintelligible elocution, even when he had no intention to disguise his meaning : Yet, no man's actions were ever, in such a variety of difficult incidents, more decisive and judicious.
Page 403 - Left by his sire, too young such loss to know, Lord of himself; — that heritage of woe, That fearful empire which the human breast But holds to rob the heart within of rest!— VOL.
Page 629 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.