Select pieces in prose and verse [ed. by J. Bowdler the elder]. 2 vols [in 1].1820 |
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Página 49
... to suppose , ) that even the obscure and thorny path through which we have accompanied him , is , in his society , really cheerful . But then it is a little VOL . II . E mortifying to discover , that , with all its intricate 49.
... to suppose , ) that even the obscure and thorny path through which we have accompanied him , is , in his society , really cheerful . But then it is a little VOL . II . E mortifying to discover , that , with all its intricate 49.
Página 64
... cheerfulness of temper . Sometimes it means an instinctive sweetness of disposition , which is very amiable . Sometimes it is applied to an habitual self - restraint , controlling every unkind emotion ; which is more respectable ...
... cheerfulness of temper . Sometimes it means an instinctive sweetness of disposition , which is very amiable . Sometimes it is applied to an habitual self - restraint , controlling every unkind emotion ; which is more respectable ...
Página 103
... cheerful , and candid ; free from the vanity of authorship ; and far more desirous to acquire and communicate know- ledge , than to obtain a brilliant reputation . Indeed , Mr. Stewart's acknowledged superiority , may well excuse him ...
... cheerful , and candid ; free from the vanity of authorship ; and far more desirous to acquire and communicate know- ledge , than to obtain a brilliant reputation . Indeed , Mr. Stewart's acknowledged superiority , may well excuse him ...
Página 142
... it may be observed , that contentment is called true happiness . Now contentment implies repose ; an easy and cheerful acquiescence in the present state of things . To be they are afraid to contemplate the real terms 142 .
... it may be observed , that contentment is called true happiness . Now contentment implies repose ; an easy and cheerful acquiescence in the present state of things . To be they are afraid to contemplate the real terms 142 .
Página 144
... Cheerfulness . How is it that so many of its worthiest professors seem to bear a living testimony against its excel- lence ; that while they practise its precepts , they cannot enjoy its privileges ? The causes I believe are various ...
... Cheerfulness . How is it that so many of its worthiest professors seem to bear a living testimony against its excel- lence ; that while they practise its precepts , they cannot enjoy its privileges ? The causes I believe are various ...
Términos y frases comunes
abstrac affections affliction Apostle appears beauty believe blessed bounty cerning certainly character cheerful choly consider consolation contemplation Creator death delight Demosthenes desire disposition Divine doctrine doubt earthly Edinburgh Reviewers Essay essive eternal everlasting evidence evil exalted excellence exercise expression faculties faith Father favour fear feel glory Gospel gratitude habits happiness heart heaven heavenly holy hope human humble humility ideas imagination Jesus Christ Jews knowledge language lence lively Lord Lord Shaftesbury Maker means melan ment mercy metaphysical mind moral nature neral ness objects observation opinion perception perfect perhaps philosophical philosophy of mind pleasure possess prayer present principles racter reason Redeemer religion religious respecting rience righteousness Saviour sense sensible sentiments sins Sophron sorrow soul spirit Stewart sublime sufferings surely taste temper theory things thought tical tion tivation true truth tural understanding unto vanity virtue Voltaire whole wisdom word writers
Pasajes populares
Página 245 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Página 229 - For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Página 201 - For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord [is] against them that do evil.
Página 327 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Página 285 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Página 316 - And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Página 115 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Página 204 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Página 228 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Página 73 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...