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... taste , and the extensive professional knowledge of the author would have imparted to them . Several explanatory notes it has been found necessary to in- sert . Their form and object render their origin sufficiently ob- vious . In ...
... taste , and the extensive professional knowledge of the author would have imparted to them . Several explanatory notes it has been found necessary to in- sert . Their form and object render their origin sufficiently ob- vious . In ...
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... taste , sensibility . * * Of the Lectures of Dr. Porter on these several classes of topics , those of the third together with the last three of the second class , are comprised in the volume published just before his decease , on Homi ...
... taste , sensibility . * * Of the Lectures of Dr. Porter on these several classes of topics , those of the third together with the last three of the second class , are comprised in the volume published just before his decease , on Homi ...
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... taste , I shall not now discuss . But it comes within my present purpose to say that a genuine perception of the beauties of style , depends on the structure of the mind ; and however it may be regulated , cannot be produced by art ...
... taste , I shall not now discuss . But it comes within my present purpose to say that a genuine perception of the beauties of style , depends on the structure of the mind ; and however it may be regulated , cannot be produced by art ...
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... taste is formed . ' Finally , the constellation of Roman orators and critics , ter- minated with Quinctilian himself . He was born in Spain , but spent his life in Rome , where he died Anno Domini 95. Having risen to the first eminence ...
... taste is formed . ' Finally , the constellation of Roman orators and critics , ter- minated with Quinctilian himself . He was born in Spain , but spent his life in Rome , where he died Anno Domini 95. Having risen to the first eminence ...
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... taste and the exigencies of the age demand this . Christian learning is the heavy artillery of the church , against the armies of the aliens . But no captain of our host will inspire dread in those armies , by all his array of guns and ...
... taste and the exigencies of the age demand this . Christian learning is the heavy artillery of the church , against the armies of the aliens . But no captain of our host will inspire dread in those armies , by all his array of guns and ...
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Side 174 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Side 161 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou ? whom seekest thou ? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni ; which is to sa.y. Master.
Side 169 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Side 173 - The addition of his empire, how it show'd In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Up he rode, Follow'd with acclamation, and the sound Symphonious of ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies: the earth, the air Resounded, (thou remember'st, for thou heard'st,) The heavens and all the constellations rung, The planets in their station listening stood, While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Open, ye everlasting gates!
Side 174 - Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth ; and break forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Side 157 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Side 174 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Side 174 - WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language ; Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.
Side 160 - ... others slowly and servilely creeping in his train, while the poet himself is all the time proceeding with an unaffected and equal majesty before them. However, of the two extremes one...
Side 117 - The great pest of speech is frequency of translation. No book was ever turned from one language into another, without imparting something of its native idiom...