University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 32W. Curry, jun., and Company, 1848 |
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... observed , in the classic shades of that venerable seminary , that he imbibed the noble ambition of benefiting mankind . At the age of fifteen , he embarked for the Danish island of St. Croix , in the West Indies - a cousin - german of ...
... observed , in the classic shades of that venerable seminary , that he imbibed the noble ambition of benefiting mankind . At the age of fifteen , he embarked for the Danish island of St. Croix , in the West Indies - a cousin - german of ...
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... observed , " It is far , far below your merits ; but government must reserve its high rewards for the services of its friends ; " so little ashamed were the highest personages , in that day , of professing profanation upon principle ...
... observed , " It is far , far below your merits ; but government must reserve its high rewards for the services of its friends ; " so little ashamed were the highest personages , in that day , of professing profanation upon principle ...
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... observed , " When I listen to you , most potent , grave , and reverend senior , I marvel much what inducement could have ever led a man so holy , to associate with a being so unsanctified as myself . Oh , righteous sir , be thou ...
... observed , " When I listen to you , most potent , grave , and reverend senior , I marvel much what inducement could have ever led a man so holy , to associate with a being so unsanctified as myself . Oh , righteous sir , be thou ...
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... observed . Nor do I think what you so condescendingly direct , will , in any degree , diminish the effect of my preach- ing ; for , although the sermon may be there , your grace , I presume , has not the intention of compelling me to ...
... observed . Nor do I think what you so condescendingly direct , will , in any degree , diminish the effect of my preach- ing ; for , although the sermon may be there , your grace , I presume , has not the intention of compelling me to ...
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... observed by Lord Plunket to one of his sons , on a late occasion , when the latter applied to his lordship to sign for him a public memorial , " Never was there a man who did so much for his country , while his country did so little for ...
... observed by Lord Plunket to one of his sons , on a late occasion , when the latter applied to his lordship to sign for him a public memorial , " Never was there a man who did so much for his country , while his country did so little for ...
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Page 422 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.
Page 415 - And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Page 268 - And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Page 402 - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page 408 - Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Page 401 - And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Page 412 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died ? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend...
Page 277 - Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Page 91 - We have done those things which we ought not to have done, and have left undone those things which we ought to have done...
Page 463 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...