Essays and remains, ed. with a mem. by R. Vaughan, Том 2 |
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... book . In point of style , Mr. Kingsley differs widely from Mr. Maurice and Mr. Trench , with whom , in matters of opinion , he appears to possess much in common . Mr. Maurice is easy and Maurice - Trench - and Kingsley . 5.
... book . In point of style , Mr. Kingsley differs widely from Mr. Maurice and Mr. Trench , with whom , in matters of opinion , he appears to possess much in common . Mr. Maurice is easy and Maurice - Trench - and Kingsley . 5.
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... take little part in public affairs . Indifferent on religious matters , they make no effort to revive the old faith , or to oppose the new . Give them their books and their hounds c 2 Intellectual Decrepitude of the Empire . 19.
... take little part in public affairs . Indifferent on religious matters , they make no effort to revive the old faith , or to oppose the new . Give them their books and their hounds c 2 Intellectual Decrepitude of the Empire . 19.
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... matter , crushing all which is foul and dissonant to itself , and clasping to its bosom the beautiful , and all wherein it discovers its own reflex ; impressing on it its signature , reproducing from it its own likeness , whether star ...
... matter , crushing all which is foul and dissonant to itself , and clasping to its bosom the beautiful , and all wherein it discovers its own reflex ; impressing on it its signature , reproducing from it its own likeness , whether star ...
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... matters of indifference . The Christian writers only assimilated from antiquity what seemed to fall within the province of the church . The ecclesiastical world took Augustine's word for it , that Plotinus had enunciated the real ...
... matters of indifference . The Christian writers only assimilated from antiquity what seemed to fall within the province of the church . The ecclesiastical world took Augustine's word for it , that Plotinus had enunciated the real ...
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... matter and impart material gifts , answer to the elementary spirits of the Rosicrucians . Iamblichus and Proclus were firm believers in the efficacy of certain unintelligible words of foreign origin , which were on no account to be ...
... matter and impart material gifts , answer to the elementary spirits of the Rosicrucians . Iamblichus and Proclus were firm believers in the efficacy of certain unintelligible words of foreign origin , which were on no account to be ...
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