Discourses, Reviews, and MiscellaniesCarter and Hendee, 1830 - 603 páginas |
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... attributes . His name is almost identified with sublimi- ty . He is in truth the sublimest of men . He rises , not by effort or discipline , but by a native tendency and a godlike instinct , to the contemplation of objects of grandeur ...
... attributes . His name is almost identified with sublimi- ty . He is in truth the sublimest of men . He rises , not by effort or discipline , but by a native tendency and a godlike instinct , to the contemplation of objects of grandeur ...
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... attribute of power is universally felt to charac- terize Milton . His sublimity is in every man's mouth . Is it felt that his poetry breathes a sensibility and ten- derness hardly surpassed by its sublimity ? We appre- hend that the ...
... attribute of power is universally felt to charac- terize Milton . His sublimity is in every man's mouth . Is it felt that his poetry breathes a sensibility and ten- derness hardly surpassed by its sublimity ? We appre- hend that the ...
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... attributes . the production of this effect , much depends on the first impression given by the poet ; for this is apt to follow us through the whole work ; and here we think Milton eminently successful . The first glimpse of Satan is ...
... attributes . the production of this effect , much depends on the first impression given by the poet ; for this is apt to follow us through the whole work ; and here we think Milton eminently successful . The first glimpse of Satan is ...
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... attributes , that the mul- titude may keep pace with it . A full mind will natu- rally overflow in long sentences , and in the moment of inspiration , when thick - coming thoughts and images crowd upon it , will often pour them forth in ...
... attributes , that the mul- titude may keep pace with it . A full mind will natu- rally overflow in long sentences , and in the moment of inspiration , when thick - coming thoughts and images crowd upon it , will often pour them forth in ...
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... attribute is that which above all things consti- tutes the correspondence or adaptation , if we may so speak , of God to the human mind . In treating of God's efficiency , Milton strenuously maintains human freedom , in opposition to ...
... attribute is that which above all things consti- tutes the correspondence or adaptation , if we may so speak , of God to the human mind . In treating of God's efficiency , Milton strenuously maintains human freedom , in opposition to ...
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anity apostles attributes awaken believe benevolence blessings Bonaparte called cause character chief Christianity church connexion conscience conviction Creator crime divine doctrine duty energy error evil exalted faith Father fear feeling Fenelon France freedom genius give glory God's gospel happiness heart heaven highest holy Holy Spirit honor hope human mind human nature human soul imagination important infinite influence intel intellect interest Jesus Christ justice labor laws Liberal Christians liberty ligion mankind means men's ment mercy Milton minister ministry miracles moral Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte nations ness never object opinions ourselves outward passions peace peculiar perfection piety polygamy preaching principles purpose quicken reason religion religious scriptures sentiment society soul speak spirit strength sublime sufferings supreme sympathy teaches Testament theology thought tion total depravity Trinitarianism true truth Unitarian Christianity Unitarianism universe views virtue whilst whole wisdom word
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Página 239 - ... to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles ; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus : whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Página 401 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 27 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine; like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Página 27 - ... faith against the enemies of Christ; to deplore the general relapses of kingdoms and states from justice and God's true worship. Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Página 13 - And in sweet madness robbed it of itself, But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
Página 50 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Página 27 - I trust hereby to make it manifest with what small willingness I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with ^cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes ; from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Página 229 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Página 11 - ... not true that the poet paints a life which does not exist. He only extracts and concentrates, as it were, life's ethereal essence, arrests and condenses its volatile fragrance, brings together its scattered beauties, and prolongs its more refined but evanescent joys. And in this he does well; for it is good to feel that life is not wholly usurped by cares for subsistence and physical gratifications, but admits, in measures which may be indefinitely enlarged, sentiments and delights worthy of...
Página 258 - God to be the light of the world, and "able to save to the uttermost all who come to God by him." We are therefore seldom called to preach Christ in the senses which have just been considered, and our preaching must of course differ in a measure from that of the Apostles.