The Intellectual and Moral Development of the Present AgeWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1853 - 127 páginas |
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... moment ; topics coming home to the business and bosom of each of us , and chal- lenging our anxious consideration . We cannot sur- vey , for the purpose of practically estimating , the in- tellectual and moral development of the age in ...
... moment ; topics coming home to the business and bosom of each of us , and chal- lenging our anxious consideration . We cannot sur- vey , for the purpose of practically estimating , the in- tellectual and moral development of the age in ...
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... moment , to the metal out of which this coin is made — our language . Is gold pouring into our cellars as it is into those of the Bank of England ? Our English language is a noble one , worthy of the most jealous guardianship ; and the ...
... moment , to the metal out of which this coin is made — our language . Is gold pouring into our cellars as it is into those of the Bank of England ? Our English language is a noble one , worthy of the most jealous guardianship ; and the ...
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... but true ! + Who can listen to this , and not feel pride on re- * Richard II . act ii , scene 1 . King John , conclusion . flecting , that perhaps at this very moment our brethren 12 INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT.
... but true ! + Who can listen to this , and not feel pride on re- * Richard II . act ii , scene 1 . King John , conclusion . flecting , that perhaps at this very moment our brethren 12 INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT.
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Samuel Warren. flecting , that perhaps at this very moment our brethren and sisters at the antipodes may be recit- ing it , and thinking , with swelling hearts , of their little island home , and of us whom they have left behind in it ...
Samuel Warren. flecting , that perhaps at this very moment our brethren and sisters at the antipodes may be recit- ing it , and thinking , with swelling hearts , of their little island home , and of us whom they have left behind in it ...
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... moment to annihilate everything that bears my name , and to be able to say on my death - bed , that I had left no line which , dying , I could wish to blot . " of wholesome and engaging literature . If poison be cheap 18 INTELLECTUAL ...
... moment to annihilate everything that bears my name , and to be able to say on my death - bed , that I had left no line which , dying , I could wish to blot . " of wholesome and engaging literature . If poison be cheap 18 INTELLECTUAL ...
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Página 56 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Página 55 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? declare if thou knowest it all.
Página 41 - It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct his voyage, and caution him against running upon shoals that may ruin him.
Página 4 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Página 92 - The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Página 68 - ... a red and a green, or a yellow and a blue one — must afford a planet circulating about either; and what charming contrasts and " grateful vicissitudes," — a red and a green day, for instance, alternating with a white one and with darkness, — might arise from the presence or absence of one or other, or both, above the horizon.
Página 102 - And if Natural Philosophy in all its parts, by pursuing this method, shall at length be perfected; the bounds of Moral Philosophy will be also enlarged. For so far as we can know by Natural Philosophy what is the First cause, what power He has over us, and what benefits we receive from Him; so far our duty towards Him, as well as that towards one another, will appear to us by the light of Nature.
Página 76 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Página 4 - This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Página 123 - Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song."— Mtackwwid'e Mayasiite.