The Eclectic Review, Volume 9; Volume 101Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood 1855 - English literature |
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... volume did not reach us in time to be incorporated in the foregoing . We are , therefore , reduced to the necessity of omitting it altogether , or of contenting ourselves with a very scanty notice . Of the two alternatives , we prefer ...
... volume did not reach us in time to be incorporated in the foregoing . We are , therefore , reduced to the necessity of omitting it altogether , or of contenting ourselves with a very scanty notice . Of the two alternatives , we prefer ...
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... volume contains many fine thoughts and noble lines , and we are occasionally reminded of Mrs. Browning's manner . The following from a piece entitled ' Rome , ' is a fair specimen : — I saw l'Ariccia , where the artist's soul Revels in ...
... volume contains many fine thoughts and noble lines , and we are occasionally reminded of Mrs. Browning's manner . The following from a piece entitled ' Rome , ' is a fair specimen : — I saw l'Ariccia , where the artist's soul Revels in ...
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... volume on the Cherubim and the Apocalypse , ' we have read with much interest . The cherubim are symbols , not of angels , but of the whole Church , chiefly the redeemed in heaven . He does not seem successful in harmo- nizing this ...
... volume on the Cherubim and the Apocalypse , ' we have read with much interest . The cherubim are symbols , not of angels , but of the whole Church , chiefly the redeemed in heaven . He does not seem successful in harmo- nizing this ...
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... volume of a work intended to include , in a second , the Apocrypha and the New Testament . It is not orthodox , but bears strong marks of belonging to the Unitarian school . He undervalues the apostolic ministry as the real exposition ...
... volume of a work intended to include , in a second , the Apocrypha and the New Testament . It is not orthodox , but bears strong marks of belonging to the Unitarian school . He undervalues the apostolic ministry as the real exposition ...
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... volume . If their truth is commended to his judg- ment , let him join with us in dethroning a principle so weak for good , so powerful for ill . Brief Latices . Louisa von Plettenhaus ; the Journal of a Poor Young Lady . Translated from ...
... volume . If their truth is commended to his judg- ment , let him join with us in dethroning a principle so weak for good , so powerful for ill . Brief Latices . Louisa von Plettenhaus ; the Journal of a Poor Young Lady . Translated from ...
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Page 413 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing ; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember...
Page 164 - When Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First reared the stage immortal Shakespeare rose: Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toiled after him in vain : His powerful strokes presiding Truth impressed And unresisted Passion stormed the breast.
Page 608 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder— everlastingly.
Page 143 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Page 280 - She sate by the pillar; we saw her clear: "Margaret, hist! come quick, we are here! Dear heart," I said, "we are long alone; The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan.
Page 611 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, — Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving — boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 86 - Tis some relief, that points not clearly known, Without much hazard may be let alone: And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb. For points obscure are of small use to learn: But common quiet is mankind's concern.
Page 610 - They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. "Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 303 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 87 - Who although he be God and Man, yet he is not two but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of Person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ.