The British Quarterly Review, Volume 18Henry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1853 |
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... Question in relation to the Restoration of the Greek Empire . By an Inquirer . 6. Documents concerning the Question of the Danubian Principalities , dedicated to the English Parliament . D. BRATANO . 7. Russian Turkey : or , a Greek ...
... Question in relation to the Restoration of the Greek Empire . By an Inquirer . 6. Documents concerning the Question of the Danubian Principalities , dedicated to the English Parliament . D. BRATANO . 7. Russian Turkey : or , a Greek ...
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... question - supposing all this to be done , what next ? True , gifted sir , you have provided that the sovereign power shall be in future absolute ; but have you also provided that the men who shall come into the use of that perilous ...
... question - supposing all this to be done , what next ? True , gifted sir , you have provided that the sovereign power shall be in future absolute ; but have you also provided that the men who shall come into the use of that perilous ...
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... question of fact being once determined , it ceases to be of consequence what number of manuscripts may be produced either of the first or of the second , or of the third of those editions . For instance , when we have once ascertained ...
... question of fact being once determined , it ceases to be of consequence what number of manuscripts may be produced either of the first or of the second , or of the third of those editions . For instance , when we have once ascertained ...
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... question will no longer be , whether the manuscripts of the New Testament consist of three recensions , or only two ; nor whether there is any foundation for the hypothesis of a re- vision of the manuscripts by Lucian , and another by ...
... question will no longer be , whether the manuscripts of the New Testament consist of three recensions , or only two ; nor whether there is any foundation for the hypothesis of a re- vision of the manuscripts by Lucian , and another by ...
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... both of which follow the Constantinopolitan text . In the Pauline Epistles , we have E , F , G , I , and K , exclusive of a few fragments , which may be safely left out of the question . 6 Of these , the first is a mere copy.
... both of which follow the Constantinopolitan text . In the Pauline Epistles , we have E , F , G , I , and K , exclusive of a few fragments , which may be safely left out of the question . 6 Of these , the first is a mere copy.
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