The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... imagination to conceive the fearful effects of Omni- potence incensed . ' But I shall only consider the wretchedness of an intellectual being , who in this life lies under the dis- pleasure of him , that at all times and in all places ...
... imagination to conceive the fearful effects of Omni- potence incensed . ' But I shall only consider the wretchedness of an intellectual being , who in this life lies under the dis- pleasure of him , that at all times and in all places ...
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... imagination , he must conclude that we are a species of the most obedient creatures in the universe ; that we are constant to our duty ; and that we keep a steady eye on the end for which we were sent hither . But how great would be his ...
... imagination , he must conclude that we are a species of the most obedient creatures in the universe ; that we are constant to our duty ; and that we keep a steady eye on the end for which we were sent hither . But how great would be his ...
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... imagination as a kind of eternity , though in reality they do not bear so great a proportion to that duration which is to follow them as a unit does to the greatest number which you can put together in figures , or as one of those sands ...
... imagination as a kind of eternity , though in reality they do not bear so great a proportion to that duration which is to follow them as a unit does to the greatest number which you can put together in figures , or as one of those sands ...
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... imagination , so probably is the extent of it . There is light behind light , and glory within glory . How far that space may reach , in which God thus appears in perfect majesty , we cannot possibly con- ceive . Though it is not ...
... imagination , so probably is the extent of it . There is light behind light , and glory within glory . How far that space may reach , in which God thus appears in perfect majesty , we cannot possibly con- ceive . Though it is not ...
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... imagination . If he has made these lower regions of matter so in- conceivably wide and magnificent for the habitation of mortal and perishable beings , how great may we suppose the courts of his house to be , where he makes his ...
... imagination . If he has made these lower regions of matter so in- conceivably wide and magnificent for the habitation of mortal and perishable beings , how great may we suppose the courts of his house to be , where he makes his ...
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Página 238 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Página 238 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword.\ Thus am I doubly arm'd ; my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Página 66 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 184 - What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? was the result of a laudable ambition.
Página 146 - Pleasure to look at, twas Music to hear. But now she is absent, I walk by its Side, And still, as it murmurs, do nothing but chide: 'Must you be so cheerful, while I go in pain? Peace there with your bubbling, and hear me complain.
Página 58 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Página 256 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Página 38 - I say, might give itself up to that happiness which is at hand, considering that it is so very near, and that it would last so very long. But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Página 194 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Página 146 - My dog I was ever well pleased to see •Come wagging his tail to my fair one and me ; And Phoebe was pleased too, and to my dog said, Come hither, poor fellow — and patted his head. But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look Cry, Sirrah...