The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, Studies, and Writings, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1818 |
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... racter must not be set too high ; we must beware of exaggeration ; he must be represented as good and pious , rather than wise or great . This comes not from the truth but from the times : and it is what we must expect to hear , till ...
... racter must not be set too high ; we must beware of exaggeration ; he must be represented as good and pious , rather than wise or great . This comes not from the truth but from the times : and it is what we must expect to hear , till ...
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... racter . While we were under the first impressions . of our grief for the loss of him , a person of high distinction , who was intimate with him for many years , declared to you and to me , that he verily be- lieved him to have been the ...
... racter . While we were under the first impressions . of our grief for the loss of him , a person of high distinction , who was intimate with him for many years , declared to you and to me , that he verily be- lieved him to have been the ...
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... racter , which the experience of the world is daily confirming . That infidels and profligates should wish to establish their own opinions upon the ruins of re- velation , was not to be wondered at ; but that they whose office it was to ...
... racter , which the experience of the world is daily confirming . That infidels and profligates should wish to establish their own opinions upon the ruins of re- velation , was not to be wondered at ; but that they whose office it was to ...
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... racter than that of this Jew , Christian , Papist , Pro- testant , soldier , scrivener , French , Englishman ! If it so happened that he survived his fourberies , he may have proved to be a serviceable hand , and have acted some useful ...
... racter than that of this Jew , Christian , Papist , Pro- testant , soldier , scrivener , French , Englishman ! If it so happened that he survived his fourberies , he may have proved to be a serviceable hand , and have acted some useful ...
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... racter of the man who had treated us with all this insolence , was so vulnerable from its infamy , that some other person , who was intimately acquainted with his exploits , paid off our scores to the last far- thing , by exposing them ...
... racter of the man who had treated us with all this insolence , was so vulnerable from its infamy , that some other person , who was intimately acquainted with his exploits , paid off our scores to the last far- thing , by exposing them ...
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acquaintance Adam Smith admire æther afterwards answer appear Bible bishop Horne bishop of Norwich body called Canterbury cause character Christ Christian church of England criticism David Hume dean of Canterbury death deism discourse divine doctrines earth effect English excellent faith farther favour friends gave gentleman give Greek hand hath heard Heathen heaven Hebrew Hebrew language honour Horne's Hume Hutchinson Hutchinsonian infidels Jews John Dolben judgement Kennicott knowledge labour language late Latin learning letter light lived lord Magdalen College manner matter ment mind motion nature never object observed opinion Oxford person philoso philosophy piety preacher preaching principles Psalms racter reader reason religion reverend scholar Scripture sense sermon Sir ISAAC Socinians speak spirit studies suppose temper things thought tion true truth university of Oxford Wesley wish words writings young
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Página 285 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Página 139 - Heaven derive their light. These born to judge, as well as those to write. Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
Página 393 - It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, "that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
Página xxxviii - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the Studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light.
Página 73 - Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Página 315 - Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Página xxxviii - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Página 128 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus.
Página 235 - Yearly in our course returning, Messengers of shortest stay, Thus we preach this truth concerning, Heaven and earth shall pass away.
Página 315 - ... wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance.