A Spring Day, Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally Strike the Eye in that Delightful SeasonThomas Turnbull, 1803 - 338 pages |
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... Maker , the Creator of heaven and earth , and the bounties of creation , would not he , for fome confider- able time , alternatively wonder and praise ; efpecially at the infinite kindness of the Lord God , in condefcending fo low , as ...
... Maker , the Creator of heaven and earth , and the bounties of creation , would not he , for fome confider- able time , alternatively wonder and praise ; efpecially at the infinite kindness of the Lord God , in condefcending fo low , as ...
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... maker . Nor are terrestrial things lefs filent in his praife . If we only caft our eyes around , and behold the ... Maker's goodnefs , and is ftored with in- habitants , animate and inanimate , fuitable to its nature . The mountains ...
... maker . Nor are terrestrial things lefs filent in his praife . If we only caft our eyes around , and behold the ... Maker's goodnefs , and is ftored with in- habitants , animate and inanimate , fuitable to its nature . The mountains ...
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... Maker . And feeing we cannot fully com- prehend how a fingle pile of grafs begins to vegetate and ftrike forth its roots in the earth , let us lie low in the valley of humility , nor dare to arraign the divine decrees , but faying ...
... Maker . And feeing we cannot fully com- prehend how a fingle pile of grafs begins to vegetate and ftrike forth its roots in the earth , let us lie low in the valley of humility , nor dare to arraign the divine decrees , but faying ...
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... Maker , while they lafh the fhore , and threaten to over- whelm the world . No fooner they reach the decreed place , than they begin to retreat with apparent reluctance , ftill renewing their hoftile attempts , and as often lofing ...
... Maker , while they lafh the fhore , and threaten to over- whelm the world . No fooner they reach the decreed place , than they begin to retreat with apparent reluctance , ftill renewing their hoftile attempts , and as often lofing ...
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... Maker . His erect form fhews he was made for the con- templation of high and noble objects , and to look for happiness fomewhere else than from the earth ; befides , this elegant structure of the body , with the majefty of the counte ...
... Maker . His erect form fhews he was made for the con- templation of high and noble objects , and to look for happiness fomewhere else than from the earth ; befides , this elegant structure of the body , with the majefty of the counte ...
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