London Saturday Journal..., Volume 1W. Smith, 1839 |
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373 Fly - fishing at Eisenhammer 381 Peculiarities in National Feeling 381 Indestructibility of Mind . . 401 The Maid of All - work's Holiday Jacquerie among the Ancient Gauls Indian Picture Writing Laudable Curiosity of a Persian ...
373 Fly - fishing at Eisenhammer 381 Peculiarities in National Feeling 381 Indestructibility of Mind . . 401 The Maid of All - work's Holiday Jacquerie among the Ancient Gauls Indian Picture Writing Laudable Curiosity of a Persian ...
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... feeling and actionhich had characterised them in a previous age , and were compara- tively few , feeble , and discouraged . There was no public spirit there was none of that diffusion of intelligence and sympathy of feeling among the ...
... feeling and actionhich had characterised them in a previous age , and were compara- tively few , feeble , and discouraged . There was no public spirit there was none of that diffusion of intelligence and sympathy of feeling among the ...
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... feeling were infused into a 66 " but The movement was at first chiefly excited iv [ PRELIMINARY THE LONDON SATURDAY JOURNAL . Classification of the operative influences work on English society and character during the past century-The ...
... feeling were infused into a 66 " but The movement was at first chiefly excited iv [ PRELIMINARY THE LONDON SATURDAY JOURNAL . Classification of the operative influences work on English society and character during the past century-The ...
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... feelings of the ruling class alarmed . But persecution in a professedly Christian country argues a very low state of Christian knowledge , a very feeble appreciation of Christian morality . No excuse can be allowed on the plea that the ...
... feelings of the ruling class alarmed . But persecution in a professedly Christian country argues a very low state of Christian knowledge , a very feeble appreciation of Christian morality . No excuse can be allowed on the plea that the ...
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... feeling , and common sense . the prodigious influence which they had in still farther stimu- The Scotch philosophers , Reid , Stewart , Brown , & c . , were speculating the public appetite for reading is well known . Goldsmith's lating ...
... feeling , and common sense . the prodigious influence which they had in still farther stimu- The Scotch philosophers , Reid , Stewart , Brown , & c . , were speculating the public appetite for reading is well known . Goldsmith's lating ...
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Page 83 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed ; he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; — it was blessedness and love...
Page 233 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 212 - And sage experience bids me this declare — 'If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 51 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 63 - I am amazed at his Grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong.
Page 75 - Two men more different could perhaps not be selected out of all mankind. They had even attacked one another with some asperity in their writings ; yet I lived in habits of friendship with both. I could fully relish the excellence of each ; for I have ever delighted in that intellectual chemistry, which can separate good qualities from evil in the same person. Sir John Pringle, "mine own friend and my father's friend,
Page 197 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 3 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 23 - ... and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. For prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Page 75 - What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?