Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical Essays: Contributed to the Eclectic ReviewD. Appleton, 1844 - 419 Seiten |
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... feel that millions of worlds , or rather millions of systems of worlds , are not to be wielded by that kind of short straight forward logic , by which the excellent author was so successful on some subjects . His facility and confidence ...
... feel that millions of worlds , or rather millions of systems of worlds , are not to be wielded by that kind of short straight forward logic , by which the excellent author was so successful on some subjects . His facility and confidence ...
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... feel with- drawn from the earth , and rise in lofty abstraction above this little theatre of human passions and human anxieties . The mind abandons itself to reverie , and is transferred in the ecstasy of its thoughts , to distant and ...
... feel with- drawn from the earth , and rise in lofty abstraction above this little theatre of human passions and human anxieties . The mind abandons itself to reverie , and is transferred in the ecstasy of its thoughts , to distant and ...
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... feel as if it could , without directly attributing to that Spirit a physical mode of extension from one part and one limit of the creation to another and the opposite . Thus the mate- rial universe , with all its splendours and ...
... feel as if it could , without directly attributing to that Spirit a physical mode of extension from one part and one limit of the creation to another and the opposite . Thus the mate- rial universe , with all its splendours and ...
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... feel it neces- sary to entertain this idea of the immensity of the intelligent creation , in order to the full and consolatory effect of our faith in the goodness of the Supreme Being , we shall naturally wonder at the happier ...
... feel it neces- sary to entertain this idea of the immensity of the intelligent creation , in order to the full and consolatory effect of our faith in the goodness of the Supreme Being , we shall naturally wonder at the happier ...
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... feel nevertheless such disgust at some of the connexions in which he acted at some periods of his career , at the incon- sistency of his character with his spiritual profession while he exercised it , and at that later licentiousness of ...
... feel nevertheless such disgust at some of the connexions in which he acted at some periods of his career , at the incon- sistency of his character with his spiritual profession while he exercised it , and at that later licentiousness of ...
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Seite 42 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Seite 245 - Here is my creed. I believe in one God, the creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is doing good to His other children. That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.
Seite 245 - World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
Seite 243 - Stoop, stoop!" I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Seite 296 - I could not well imagine,' said he, 'what excuse I could make to Charon in order to obtain a little delay. I have done every thing of consequence which I ever meant to do, and I could at no time expect to leave my relations and friends in a better situation than that in which I am now likely to leave them; I, therefore, have all reason to die contented.
Seite 243 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.
Seite 243 - It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value...
Seite 240 - Sir, our long observation of the vast servile majority of your peers, voting constantly for every measure proposed by a minister, however weak or wicked, leaves us small respect for...
Seite 297 - But Charon would then lose all temper and decency. ' You loitering rogue ; that will not happen these many hundred years. Do you fancy I will grant you a lease for so long a term? Get into the boat this instant, you lazy, loitering rogue.
Seite 105 - Repeatedly half-wakening, and his eyelids as often reclosing, the objects which really surround him form the place and scenery of his dream. All at once he sees the Archfiend coming forth on the wall of the room, from the very spot, perhaps, on which his eyes had been fixed vacantly...