Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
PREFACE THE DEVIL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS THE STORY OF A FAMOUS OLD JEWISH FIRM CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE UPPER CIRCLES HEINE ON AN ILLUSTRIOUS EXILE WITH SOMETHING ABOUT WHALES THE DAILY NEWS JESUS: AS GOD; AS A MAN THE ONE THING NEEDFUL THE SWINBU...
I am aware that these fervid ejaculations are apt to be regarded by the light-minded as trivial, by the cold-hearted as indecorous, by the sanctimonious as even profane; but to...
13. Part 13Next comes Yeast, whose great Convertite is Lancelot Smith. He is introduced to us as fresh from Cambridge, a stalwart gallant fellow of great abilities, rather debauched, but d...
9. Part 9Not having read Mr. Swinburne’s “Poems and Ballads,” I have nothing to say on the special case in which they are involved. A few of the adverse critiques I have chanced to see,...
8. Part 8Naturally these lofty beings smile; for what have they to do with the cares and woes, the hopes and fears of ordinary mortals? Besides, battles and shipwrecks, disasters and con...
14. Part 14“We may think lightly of the vast sums of money which of late years have been poured into the treasury of the Established Church for the re-edification of our buildings; we may...
12. Part 12Giving him the full benefit of this difference, the fact remains that in other respects he treats his subject just as they treat theirs. He, a pious Christian, professing unboun...
15. Part 15A Malthusian (whatever kind of creature that may be) complains that her Majesty has set an example of uncontrolled fecundity to the nation and the royal family, which, besides b...
4. Part 4He must have pretty well recovered from this severe shock when he entered into the famous covenant or contract with Abraham and his heirs, by which he bound himself to deliver o...
5. Part 5It seems a good sum of money; but, bless you, it is but a drop in the sea compared with what the business has already absorbed, and is still absorbing. Scattered shops in the mo...
7. Part 7Niels Andersen admitted that he had himself seen whales which, propping themselves against a cliff of ice, indulged in movements very similar to those we remark in the oratories...
1. Part 1PREFACE THE DEVIL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS THE STORY OF A FAMOUS OLD JEWISH FIRM CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE UPPER CIRCLES HEINE ON AN ILLUSTRIOUS EXILE...
11. Part 11The Copts, or descendants of the ancient Egyptians, said to number about 150,000, are Christians, but scarcely a credit to that religion whose votaries boast of its civilising a...
10. Part 10It is worth noting that while our Christian advocates insist with all their might, such as it is, upon the resurrection of Jesus, they willingly pass over as lightly as possible...
6. Part 6Whereupon entered a man of a noble and courtly presence, lively-eyed and golden bearded, ruddy complexioned, clear-browed, thoughtful, yet joyous, serene and unabashed. “Welcome...
2. Part 2From these considerations it follows that if the Church of England is bound by her own articles she will hold fast to the Devil and hell, and deny the privilege of her Communion...
16. Part 16When the worthy Principal says that men cannot find strength or comfort in what has been called the Religion of Humanity, and that they crave a personal life, is he aware that h...