Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical Essays: Contributed to the Eclectic ReviewD. Appleton, 1844 - 419 Seiten |
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... possible result of this ambitious attempt , may be await- ed by the believer in Christianity , with perfect tranquillity . He stands on a ground so independent of science , that nothing within the possibility of scientific speculation ...
... possible result of this ambitious attempt , may be await- ed by the believer in Christianity , with perfect tranquillity . He stands on a ground so independent of science , that nothing within the possibility of scientific speculation ...
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... possible to contem- plate it ; but in estimating the whole effect of the essay , we are constrain- ed to feel that millions of worlds , or rather millions of systems of worlds , are not to be wielded by that kind of short straight ...
... possible to contem- plate it ; but in estimating the whole effect of the essay , we are constrain- ed to feel that millions of worlds , or rather millions of systems of worlds , are not to be wielded by that kind of short straight ...
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... possible existence , in those worlds , of that horrible thing which has blasted the natural beauties and delights , and mainly created the natural evils , of these terrestrial scenes CHALMERS'S ASTRONOMICAL DISCOURSES . 19.
... possible existence , in those worlds , of that horrible thing which has blasted the natural beauties and delights , and mainly created the natural evils , of these terrestrial scenes CHALMERS'S ASTRONOMICAL DISCOURSES . 19.
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... possible , may be regarded - not as a vehicle , not as an inhabited form , or a comprehending sphere , of the Sovereign Spirit , but as a type , which signifies , though by a faint , inadequate correspondence after all , that as great ...
... possible , may be regarded - not as a vehicle , not as an inhabited form , or a comprehending sphere , of the Sovereign Spirit , but as a type , which signifies , though by a faint , inadequate correspondence after all , that as great ...
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... probable that such a Being would create in the nature of mental exist- ences , to admire , adore , and serve him , we shall be warrant- ed to imagine beings to whom it may be possible CHALMERS'S ASTRONOMICAL DISCOURSES . 25.
... probable that such a Being would create in the nature of mental exist- ences , to admire , adore , and serve him , we shall be warrant- ed to imagine beings to whom it may be possible CHALMERS'S ASTRONOMICAL DISCOURSES . 25.
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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...