 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1812 - 554 pages
...great superiority of temper and moderation to those who had embraced the arian and socinian creed. To be convinced of this, it is only necessary to compare the pamphlets of Hitchin, Gibbons, and Stennett with those of Mauduit, and Iladcliff, and some others of... | |
 | William Huffington - 1839 - 500 pages
...or wooJy covering, being smooth, or curled and wavering, in almost exact proportion as these are so. To be convinced of this, it is only necessary to compare the horn of the hairy or long wooled animals, such as the Angora goat or the wild sheep of the Rocky mountains,... | |
 | Octave Delepierre - 1860 - 276 pages
...precision and elegance in the translations. In general, prose had a great superiority over poetry. To be convinced of this, it is only necessary to compare the Odyssey by Coornhert, the Iliad and the Georgics by Van Mander, the JEneid and the Comedies of Terence... | |
 | 1872 - 816 pages
...New Testament, if any writing in the world, is an inspired writing, in the sense of 2 Tim. Hi, 16. To be convinced of this it is only necessary to compare the apostolic writings with the oldest Christian literature, that which immediately succeeded them, the... | |
 | John Wesley Judd - 1875 - 370 pages
...wholly abandoned in France and Germany, lingers to a somewhat greater extent perhaps in this couniry ; but as the accurate mapping of the several formations...subdivisions answering for all the country then mapped ; but as the survey proceeded it was found necessary to adopt distinct systems of classifications for... | |
 | Arthur Lynch - 1896 - 332 pages
...to the sense and to the emotion called forth he is one of the best examples in English literature. To be convinced of this it is only necessary to compare the stately organ march of " Tintern Abbey " with the bursts of rapturous music in his " Ode on the Intimations... | |
 | Helen Wheeler Bassett, Frederick Starr - 1898 - 590 pages
...octave, and even as far as the ninth, come in their turn, from the melodies of the second epoch. In order to be convinced of this, it is only necessary to compare the variants, which show that in several examples the 5th and 6th degrees, added to the flat or sharp,... | |
 | Ferdinand Gregorovius - 1903 - 722 pages
...the special protection of the Virgin. Alexander's life is the very antithesis of the Christian ideal. To be convinced of this it is only necessary to compare the Pope's deeds with the teachings of the Gospel. Compare his actions with the Commandments: " Thou shalt... | |
 | Arnold Bennett - 1911 - 136 pages
...YEAR 109 THE FACT THE FACT SOMETHING has happened to Christmas, or to our hearts; or to both. In order to be convinced of this it is only necessary to compare the present with the past. In the old days of not so long ago the festival began to excite us in November.... | |
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Christmas, or to our hearts; or to both. In order to be convinced of this it is only necessary to compare the present with the past. In the old days of not so long ago the festival began to excite us in November. For weeks the house rustled with charming... 
