The Planet, conducted by T. McNicollThomas M'Nicoll 1862 |
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... object that it craves material aids , and is susceptible at least of partial embodiment in refined or grosser forms ; while the strength of the religious principle adds a surprising stimulus to natural genius , prompts the aspiration ...
... object that it craves material aids , and is susceptible at least of partial embodiment in refined or grosser forms ; while the strength of the religious principle adds a surprising stimulus to natural genius , prompts the aspiration ...
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... object be distinctly recognised ; and when a Christian people assembles for edification in Christian truth , in accordance with Divine injunction , let all such æsthetic luxuries be dispensed with , and the ends of true worship kept in ...
... object be distinctly recognised ; and when a Christian people assembles for edification in Christian truth , in accordance with Divine injunction , let all such æsthetic luxuries be dispensed with , and the ends of true worship kept in ...
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... object to proclaim the necessity of repentance , faith , and holiness . But when all is said of the materializing tendency of Anglican principles , the aesthetics of Church worship will still remain unsettled - will remain , in fact , a ...
... object to proclaim the necessity of repentance , faith , and holiness . But when all is said of the materializing tendency of Anglican principles , the aesthetics of Church worship will still remain unsettled - will remain , in fact , a ...
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... object was to sustain life , not to clog it ; to satisfy , rather than to pamper their appetite . They hoped for nourishment , never for luxury ; and , avoiding the folly of affecting the appearances and pleasures of a higher class ...
... object was to sustain life , not to clog it ; to satisfy , rather than to pamper their appetite . They hoped for nourishment , never for luxury ; and , avoiding the folly of affecting the appearances and pleasures of a higher class ...
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... objects of his search . These metallic fissures are not horizontal , like veins of coal , but descend to unknown depths from the surface , or near the surface , either vertically or with more or less of an angle , answering in some ...
... objects of his search . These metallic fissures are not horizontal , like veins of coal , but descend to unknown depths from the surface , or near the surface , either vertically or with more or less of an angle , answering in some ...
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Page 134 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Page 265 - Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her...
Page 301 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 266 - God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 322 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 141 - If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Page 265 - After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such pastime in the park? Smiling she answered me, ' I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas I good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 269 - Therefore, to ride comely; to run fair at the tilt or ring; to play at all weapons; to shoot fair in bow or surely in gun; to vault lustily; to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim; to dance comely; to sing, and play...
Page 266 - It is your shame (I speak to you all, you young gentlemen of England) that one maid should go beyond you all, in excellency of learning and knowledge of divers tongues.
Page 266 - ... else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips...