The Scottish Review, Volum 4J. H. Jackson, 1884 |
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Pàgina 264 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil ;
Pàgina 198 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Pàgina 343 - In both we have the earth at first " without form and void," and " darkness upon the face of the deep.
Pàgina 361 - MAHOMET AND ISLAM. A Sketch of the Prophet's Life from original sources, and a brief Outline of his Religion. By SIR WILLIAM MUIR, KCSI, LL.D., DCL, formerly LieutenantGovernor of the North-West Provinces of India. Author of "The Life of Mahomet," "Annals of the Early Caliphate,
Pàgina 82 - And I was greatly pricked in heart and could read no more ; and so I awoke. Thanks be to God, that after very many years the Lord granted unto them the blessing for which they cried, (praestitit illis Dominus secundum damorem illorum).
Pàgina 284 - ... adding the peerage, to make up the insufficiency of his pecuniary rewards. My illness, which came the more heavily and suddenly upon me by this flagitious act, whilst I was preparing a representation upon it, has hindered me, as you know, from doing justice to that act, to Mr. Hastings, to myself, to the House of Lords, to the House of Commons, and to the unhappy people of India, on that subject.
Pàgina 251 - I in a moment can lift up the humble mind, and make it enter more deeply into the principles of Eternal Truth, than if one had studied ten years in the schools.
Pàgina 257 - Ego sum, qui humilem in puncto elevo mentem, ut plures aeternae veritatis capiat rationes, quam si quis decem annis studuisset in scholis. Ego doceo sine strepitu verborum, sine confusione opinionum, sine fastu honoris, sine pugnatione argumentorum.
Pàgina 225 - I heard, the battle was very bloody from its commencement to the defeat; but when the Scots saw the English were discomfited and surrendering on all sides, they behaved courteously to them. The pursuit lasted a long time, and was extended to five English miles. Had the Scots been in sufficient numbers, none of the English would have escaped death or captivity...
Pàgina 361 - It would be a mistake to regard the book as a mere ornament of the drawing-room table. It will undoubtedly answer this purpose, and give a pleasing occupation to any who may listlessly turn over its leaves. But to the reader who takes it more seriously, it will convey also a large amount of solid information.