The North British Review, Tom 6 |
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Strona 12
The indissoluble knot of marriage was repeatedly dissevered on the slightest
suggestion of passion or disgust ; and in defiance of divine and human
prohibitions , the nuptial union was frequently polluted and degraded by the
unnatural crime ...
The indissoluble knot of marriage was repeatedly dissevered on the slightest
suggestion of passion or disgust ; and in defiance of divine and human
prohibitions , the nuptial union was frequently polluted and degraded by the
unnatural crime ...
Strona 13
In the beginning of his second volume he remarks beautifully : — “ Religion was
the daughter of peace ; she abhorred the deeds of war , and refused to bless the
arms which were destined to be stained with human blood . But in the revolution
...
In the beginning of his second volume he remarks beautifully : — “ Religion was
the daughter of peace ; she abhorred the deeds of war , and refused to bless the
arms which were destined to be stained with human blood . But in the revolution
...
Strona 18
What avail the most accurate definitions of doctrine , even though it went forth to
the human mind pure as a sunbeam , when it has to pass through a dense
atmosphere of ignorance , selfishness , and national prejudice , by which it is ...
What avail the most accurate definitions of doctrine , even though it went forth to
the human mind pure as a sunbeam , when it has to pass through a dense
atmosphere of ignorance , selfishness , and national prejudice , by which it is ...
Strona 23
What a trial for poor human nature ! There is nothing to equal it in the annals of
upstartism , not even in the elevation of a private soldier to the imperial throne .
And this exalted rank , these thrones of demigods , were open to every monk .
What a trial for poor human nature ! There is nothing to equal it in the annals of
upstartism , not even in the elevation of a private soldier to the imperial throne .
And this exalted rank , these thrones of demigods , were open to every monk .
Strona 24
If Satan had held a council in pandemonium to devise a plan by which the human
mind could be most dazzled and deranged by the sudden access of arbitrary
power , could he possibly have hit upon a better ? And could ascetic virtue have ...
If Satan had held a council in pandemonium to devise a plan by which the human
mind could be most dazzled and deranged by the sudden access of arbitrary
power , could he possibly have hit upon a better ? And could ascetic virtue have ...
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