English Prose: Eighteenth centurySir Henry Craik Macmillan, 1911 |
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... respect even from those to whom his writings seem most barren of human interest . To him literary style was , so far as conscious effort went , a meaningless phrase ; he is correct and lucid only from the clearness of his own views ...
... respect even from those to whom his writings seem most barren of human interest . To him literary style was , so far as conscious effort went , a meaningless phrase ; he is correct and lucid only from the clearness of his own views ...
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... respects so much in contrast as Johnson . In Horsley we may find an example of what religious writing became in the latter part of the century , earnest and conscientious , rich in scholarship and robust in thought , but moving rather ...
... respects so much in contrast as Johnson . In Horsley we may find an example of what religious writing became in the latter part of the century , earnest and conscientious , rich in scholarship and robust in thought , but moving rather ...
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... respect of not a few of its highest qualities , above all in respect of absolute lucidity , unfailing vigour , and saving common sense . Just in so far as Gibbon was not so great a man as Johnson , does his style fall below Johnson's ...
... respect of not a few of its highest qualities , above all in respect of absolute lucidity , unfailing vigour , and saving common sense . Just in so far as Gibbon was not so great a man as Johnson , does his style fall below Johnson's ...
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... respect for the century of which he was the characteristic product . Lastly , in Burke we have to recognise not the politician only , instinct with sincerity , unfettered by convention , illimitable in range , and giving shape and ...
... respect for the century of which he was the characteristic product . Lastly , in Burke we have to recognise not the politician only , instinct with sincerity , unfettered by convention , illimitable in range , and giving shape and ...
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... respects there is not much which could properly be dealt with here at any great length . Berkeley was an almost perfect model of a Christian gentleman , a pattern of that sort of character which , though it may at one time be held ...
... respects there is not much which could properly be dealt with here at any great length . Berkeley was an almost perfect model of a Christian gentleman , a pattern of that sort of character which , though it may at one time be held ...
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Page 503 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 456 - For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and all the people. Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Page 190 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honor, which, being very little accustomed to favors from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 50 - Now, when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John, who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
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Page 59 - That Christ was manifested to destroy the works of the devil. (2) That as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive. From the beginning to the end of Christ's atoning work, no other power is ascribed to it, nothing else is intended by it, as an appeaser of wrath, but the destroying of all that in man which comes from the devil ; no other merits, or value, or infinite worth, than that of its infinite ability...
Page 385 - America, gentlemen say, is a noble object. It is an object well worth fighting for. Certainly it is, if fighting a people be the best way of gaining them. Gentlemen in this respect will be led to their choice of means by their complexions and their habits. Those who understand the military art will, of course, have some predilection for it. Those who wield the thunder of the State may have more confidence in the efficacy of arms. But i confess, possibly for want of this knowledge, my opinion is much...
Page 590 - A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep...
Page 371 - I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.
Page 82 - The Wise Man observes, that there is a time to speak, and a time to keep silence. One meets with people in the world, who seem never to have made the last of these observations. And yet these great talkers do not at all speak from their having any thing to say, as every sentence shows, but only from their inclination to be talking.