The National Review, Volumen2R. Theobald, 1856 |
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ideas , little likely to hazard any coin for any faith : already , it is probable , inclined in secret to a cautious scepticism ; placing thereby , as it were , upon a system the frigid prudence and un- venturing incredulity congenial ...
ideas , little likely to hazard any coin for any faith : already , it is probable , inclined in secret to a cautious scepticism ; placing thereby , as it were , upon a system the frigid prudence and un- venturing incredulity congenial ...
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... faith , their contempt of the saints and the Virgin , their unclean ritual , and their ignorance of the laws and usages of civilised men . Neither are they silent touching the signs and wonders which they beheld ; the strange aspect of ...
... faith , their contempt of the saints and the Virgin , their unclean ritual , and their ignorance of the laws and usages of civilised men . Neither are they silent touching the signs and wonders which they beheld ; the strange aspect of ...
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... faith " as an unclean and abo- minable thing . In two respects only they differ from the actual explorers ; they did not go forth in quest of gold or pearls , nor to render the red man their tributaries and slaves . To the supposed or ...
... faith " as an unclean and abo- minable thing . In two respects only they differ from the actual explorers ; they did not go forth in quest of gold or pearls , nor to render the red man their tributaries and slaves . To the supposed or ...
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... faith was sincere ; his loyalty without blemish ; and his very arrogance was a mark or an excess of self- respect . Neither should the Spanish people be measured by the standard of the adventurers who flocked to the New World . Among ...
... faith was sincere ; his loyalty without blemish ; and his very arrogance was a mark or an excess of self- respect . Neither should the Spanish people be measured by the standard of the adventurers who flocked to the New World . Among ...
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... faith or doubt , you numbered up the acts of trust which are not rendered to God personally , but to the instincts and impulses which so often represent Him in the heart , and which might continue to re- present Him even when the dark ...
... faith or doubt , you numbered up the acts of trust which are not rendered to God personally , but to the instincts and impulses which so often represent Him in the heart , and which might continue to re- present Him even when the dark ...
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Página 35 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Página 19 - Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore...
Página 465 - CAMPBELL : — THE NATURE OF THE ATONEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO REMISSION OF SINS AND ETERNAL LIFE. Fourth and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo. 6s. "Among the first theological treatises of this generation.
Página 353 - The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction.
Página 369 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Página 336 - ... and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation: others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages and of worthies.
Página 353 - He must see ordinary men as they appear in their ordinary business, and in their ordinary pleasures. He must mingle in the crowds of the exchange and the coffee-house.
Página 369 - Years following years, steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away; In one our frolics, one amusements end, In one a mistress drops, in one a friend...
Página 354 - Walter Scott, in the same manner, has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed out of their gleanings works which, even considered as histories, are scarcely less valuable than theirs. But a truly great historian would reclaim those materials which the novelist has appropriated.
Página 336 - Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with his protection ; the shop of war hath not there more anvils and hammers waking, to fashion out the plates and instruments of armed justice in defence of beleaguered truth, than there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas...