The Planet, conducted by T. McNicollThomas M'Nicoll 1862 |
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... whole building is set apart for adoration of the Triune God , it will be especially desirable , in the estimation of certain minds , that the fear of His holy name should be written on lofty arch and reflected in gloomy aisle . We have ...
... whole building is set apart for adoration of the Triune God , it will be especially desirable , in the estimation of certain minds , that the fear of His holy name should be written on lofty arch and reflected in gloomy aisle . We have ...
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... whole of Protestant England ; no peculiarities of a section of the Established Church ought now to hinder or divert us ; and we shall assume that the practice of symbolism , and the theory of necessary sacramental efficacy , are ...
... whole of Protestant England ; no peculiarities of a section of the Established Church ought now to hinder or divert us ; and we shall assume that the practice of symbolism , and the theory of necessary sacramental efficacy , are ...
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... whole building is contrived for effect . It is the edifice which first impresses him , and not the assemblage of worshippers , who are probably collected in a brief space in choir or transept , and seem to be observing some local and ...
... whole building is contrived for effect . It is the edifice which first impresses him , and not the assemblage of worshippers , who are probably collected in a brief space in choir or transept , and seem to be observing some local and ...
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... whole scene , indeed , would remind some of a great poet's war in heaven . It might have been the battle - field between the forces who uprooted the once ' lasting hills , ' and hurled them against each other in their mighty strife . To ...
... whole scene , indeed , would remind some of a great poet's war in heaven . It might have been the battle - field between the forces who uprooted the once ' lasting hills , ' and hurled them against each other in their mighty strife . To ...
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... whole of the active Christian public . In a question which does not concern the privileges or the rights of any sect , which touches no party prejudices and but few personal interests , the alliance of the whole religious and benevolent ...
... whole of the active Christian public . In a question which does not concern the privileges or the rights of any sect , which touches no party prejudices and but few personal interests , the alliance of the whole religious and benevolent ...
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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...