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... Materialists , who were not only checked by him in their sceptical career , but , in some instances , we may hope , con- vinced of their errors . Happily for England , not only is irreligion no longer fashionable , but quite the ...
... Materialists , who were not only checked by him in their sceptical career , but , in some instances , we may hope , con- vinced of their errors . Happily for England , not only is irreligion no longer fashionable , but quite the ...
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... Materialists to admit the existence of a spiritual principle in man . For himself , he used to say , he could never believe that the last words of Nelson- " Hardy ! a tell Collingwood to bring the fleet to an anchor " xiii.
... Materialists to admit the existence of a spiritual principle in man . For himself , he used to say , he could never believe that the last words of Nelson- " Hardy ! a tell Collingwood to bring the fleet to an anchor " xiii.
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... said the dying Nelson , ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed ; " Do you anchor . " + See " Scripture Notices and Proofs , " passim . thrown unnecessary obstacles in the way of the Materialists , xiv.
... said the dying Nelson , ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed ; " Do you anchor . " + See " Scripture Notices and Proofs , " passim . thrown unnecessary obstacles in the way of the Materialists , xiv.
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Clement Carlyon. thrown unnecessary obstacles in the way of the Materialists , by laying far too much stress on the metaphysical assumption of a distinct and individual spiritual principle , independent of the body , through life , in ...
Clement Carlyon. thrown unnecessary obstacles in the way of the Materialists , by laying far too much stress on the metaphysical assumption of a distinct and individual spiritual principle , independent of the body , through life , in ...
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... Materialists should have drawn their own conclu- sions from the false reasoning of some of their most powerful religious opponents ; so , we may hope , that when the false physiology on which this rea- soning was founded shall have been ...
... Materialists should have drawn their own conclu- sions from the false reasoning of some of their most powerful religious opponents ; so , we may hope , that when the false physiology on which this rea- soning was founded shall have been ...
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Abernethy ABERNETHY-continued Abernethy's acquainted admitted alluded Anecdote animal apoplexy appear attention believe better Bishop Horne blood Bodmin body brain CHAP character Christ Christian circumstances Clovenford Coleridge College Comparative Anatomy Cornaro dead death digestion dinner disease divines doctrine Duke of Orleans earth equally eternity evidence fact faculties favour Glynn gout head heaven honour human Hunter illustrative immortality interesting John Hunter judge judgment justice King late learned lectures likewise living Lord manner Materialists means mind mode moral nature never Norway observation opinion organs patient persons Phrenology physician Poem present principle Prodicus profession pupils Queen Dowager reason recollection remarks respecting resurrection righteous scarcely Scott SCOTT-continued Scripture Seatonian Prize sermon Sir Tristram sleep soul spirit suppose surgeon suspended animation tell thou thought tion Tom Payne truth tumour Tweed vertebral column Wadebridge whilst whole words
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Página 65 - But original déficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for
Página 202 - in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. " But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their
Página 80 - reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one, PM on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm, that every window was wide open—and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others
Página 67 - Milton knew human nature only in the gross, and had never studied the shades of character, nor the combinations of concurring, or the perplexity of contending, passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient in the knowledge which experience must confer.
Página 27 - Write ; from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 202 - cannot a city be inhabited ; and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down ; "They shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation ; they shall not sit in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Página 70 - Be not ye afraid of them ; remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'
Página 80 - most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Página 64 - I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place ; and, with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind.
Página 66 - sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven,