The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Band 32

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F. and C. Rivington, 1809
 

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Seite 286 - They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that law, and the light of nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Seite 500 - ... gravity with themselves, where they would rest; while other matter, mixed with the lighter air, would descend, and the two meeting would form the shell of the first earth, leaving the upper atmosphere nearly clear.
Seite 7 - Perthshire in the year 1769, tells us that " on the first of May, the herdsmen of every village hold their Bel-tien, a rural sacrifice. They cut a square trench on the ground, leaving the turf in the middle ; on that they make a fire of wood, on which they dress a large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal and milk ; and bring besides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and whisky ; for each of the company must contribute something.
Seite 517 - Should be the victim of that canting crew, So smooth, so godly, — yet so devilish too ; Who, arm'd at once with prayer-books and with whips, Blood on their hands, and Scripture on their lips...
Seite 518 - Yes, — rather plunge me back in Pagan night And take my chance with Socrates for bliss., Than be the Christian of a faith like this...
Seite 496 - Take a piece of wood of the size and shape of a dollar between the thumb and fingers of one hand, and a dollar in like manner with the other hand; place the edges of both, at the same time, in the flame of a candle; and though the edge of the wooden piece takes flame and the metal piece does not, yet you will be obliged to drop the latter before the former, it conducting the heat more suddenly to your fingers. Thus we can without pain handle glass and china cups filled with...
Seite 496 - Thus we can without pain handle glass and china cups filled with hot liquors, as tea, etc., but not silver ones. A silver teapot must have a wooden handle. Perhaps it is for the same reason that woollen garments keep the body warmer than linen ones equally thick; woollen keeping the natural heat in, or, in other words, not conducting it out to the air.
Seite 331 - Bolingbroke, without the least trouble, talked all day long, full as elegantly as he wrote: Why? Not by a peculiar gift from heaven ; but, as he has often told me himself, by an early and constant attention to his style.
Seite 8 - This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to thee, O eagle ! ' When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle ; and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed for that purpose ; but on the next Sunday they reassemble, and finish the reliques of the first entertainment.
Seite 466 - he destroyed him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and delivered them who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage."|) Thus, by weakness, he became

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