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... caused by , the Reformation ; while in Scotland presbyterial government refused the drama leave to exist , and the contemporary Scottish literature , in belles lettres , was , and long remained , insignificant . Only persons under a ...
... caused by , the Reformation ; while in Scotland presbyterial government refused the drama leave to exist , and the contemporary Scottish literature , in belles lettres , was , and long remained , insignificant . Only persons under a ...
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... cause ( there were plenty of other causes ) of Secession and Schism . The Disrup- tion of 1843 arose from the circumstance that a Church , if it be xviii INTRODUCTION BY DR . ANDREW LANG a State Church INTRODUCTION BY DR . ANDREW LANG xvii.
... cause ( there were plenty of other causes ) of Secession and Schism . The Disrup- tion of 1843 arose from the circumstance that a Church , if it be xviii INTRODUCTION BY DR . ANDREW LANG a State Church INTRODUCTION BY DR . ANDREW LANG xvii.
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... cause many modern theorists in ethics to stand back abashed and overwhelmed . We call the old Greek poets and philosophers " Pagans . " What is a " Pagan " ? A man who is not a Jew , a Mahommedan , or a Christian . What is a Christian ...
... cause many modern theorists in ethics to stand back abashed and overwhelmed . We call the old Greek poets and philosophers " Pagans . " What is a " Pagan " ? A man who is not a Jew , a Mahommedan , or a Christian . What is a Christian ...
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... cause of national freedom . There was an ancient Greek sentiment , and it prevailed for genera- tions , which justified the practice of deceit and treachery in order to overcome an adversary ; then it was an acknowledged maxim of ...
... cause of national freedom . There was an ancient Greek sentiment , and it prevailed for genera- tions , which justified the practice of deceit and treachery in order to overcome an adversary ; then it was an acknowledged maxim of ...
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... cause and effect . But Pindar's mind had outgrown much of what was characteristic of earlier Greek ethics . To him Fate had become the abstract expression for the wise and just decrees of that divine will which is personified in Zeus ...
... cause and effect . But Pindar's mind had outgrown much of what was characteristic of earlier Greek ethics . To him Fate had become the abstract expression for the wise and just decrees of that divine will which is personified in Zeus ...
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Page 96 - Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 148 - It may be pertinacity," said he, at length ; " but to my eye these grey hills and all this wild border country have beauties peculiar to themselves. I like the very nakedness of the land; it has something bold, and stern, and solitary about it. When I have been for some time in the rich scenery about Edinburgh, which is like ornamented garden land, I begin to wish myself back again among my own honest grey hills ; and if I did not see the heather at least once a year, / think I should die!
Page 497 - Observations on Civil Liberty, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America," in which he insisted that a free Government was one of the natural rights of civilised man.
Page 96 - Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high career : Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell, And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell ! The sun went down, nor ceased the carnage there ! Tumultuous murder shook the midnight air ; On Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow, His blood-dyed waters murmuring far below...
Page 96 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye Brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 485 - Israel. 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. ^But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
Page 24 - But then, O my friends, he said, if the soul is really immortal, What care should be taken of her, not only in respect of the portion of time which is called life, but of eternity ! And the danger of neglecting her from this point of view does indeed appear to be awful.
Page 51 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men...
Page 22 - O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Page 436 - While we are thus unconstrained in our private intercourse, a spirit of reverence pervades our public acts: we are prevented from doing wrong by respect for authority and for the laws...