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Page xiii
... delivered rhetorically , many expressions merely tropi- cal , and therefore many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense , and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason . " 1. " The first glance upon his book will indeed ...
... delivered rhetorically , many expressions merely tropi- cal , and therefore many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense , and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason . " 1. " The first glance upon his book will indeed ...
Page lxvii
... delivered at most booksellers in London , at the two Universities , and at the place of sale , price 6d . " A copy of this catalogue exists in the British Museum . TO THE EDITOR OF THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE . SIR , SUPPLEMENTARY MEMOIR . lxvii.
... delivered at most booksellers in London , at the two Universities , and at the place of sale , price 6d . " A copy of this catalogue exists in the British Museum . TO THE EDITOR OF THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE . SIR , SUPPLEMENTARY MEMOIR . lxvii.
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... delivered in the text ; that when the woman saw " that the tree was good for food , " and " that it was pleasant unto the eye , " and " a tree to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof and did eat . " Now hereby it ...
... delivered in the text ; that when the woman saw " that the tree was good for food , " and " that it was pleasant unto the eye , " and " a tree to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof and did eat . " Now hereby it ...
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... delivered the fruit unto Adam ; who after the taste thereof , perceiving himself still to live , might yet re- main in doubt , whether he had incurred death ; which per- haps he did not indubitably believe , until he was after convicted ...
... delivered the fruit unto Adam ; who after the taste thereof , perceiving himself still to live , might yet re- main in doubt , whether he had incurred death ; which per- haps he did not indubitably believe , until he was after convicted ...
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... delivered by man , wherein there is not an erroneous conception ; and , strictly examined , most heinously injurious unto truth . The pen of Moses is brief in the account before the flood , and the speeches recorded are but six . The ...
... delivered by man , wherein there is not an erroneous conception ; and , strictly examined , most heinously injurious unto truth . The pen of Moses is brief in the account before the flood , and the speeches recorded are but six . The ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.