A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3J. and H. L. Hunt, 1824 |
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... heaven To mortal insight never can be given . What is the knowledge of this world's most knowing ? What , but a bubble scarcely worth the blowing ? " Quite full of errors was the world before ; " Then , to preach reason ' s but one ...
... heaven To mortal insight never can be given . What is the knowledge of this world's most knowing ? What , but a bubble scarcely worth the blowing ? " Quite full of errors was the world before ; " Then , to preach reason ' s but one ...
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... heaven , and Truth into a well . Now vain Opinion governs every age , And fills poor mortals with fantastic rage . Her airy temple floats upon the clouds ; Gods , demons , antic sprites , in countless crowds , Around her throne - a ...
... heaven , and Truth into a well . Now vain Opinion governs every age , And fills poor mortals with fantastic rage . Her airy temple floats upon the clouds ; Gods , demons , antic sprites , in countless crowds , Around her throne - a ...
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... heavens , under the names of the great and little dog . We regularly record the dog - days . But of all dogs Cerberus has had the greatest repu- tation ; he had three heads . We have remarked , that anciently , all went by threes - Isis ...
... heavens , under the names of the great and little dog . We regularly record the dog - days . But of all dogs Cerberus has had the greatest repu- tation ; he had three heads . We have remarked , that anciently , all went by threes - Isis ...
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... heaven , as all my friends can bear witness . The mare Borac , of Mahomet , was not my steed , neither was the fiery chariot of Elijah my car- riage . I was not carried on the elephant of Somo- nocodom , the Siamese ; on the horse of St ...
... heaven , as all my friends can bear witness . The mare Borac , of Mahomet , was not my steed , neither was the fiery chariot of Elijah my car- riage . I was not carried on the elephant of Somo- nocodom , the Siamese ; on the horse of St ...
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... heaven , written in the hand of St. Peter , to Pepin , to complain of the grievances of the king of the Lombards , Astolphus , St. Peter does not mention in his letter that Pepin had made a present of the exarchate of Ravenna to the ...
... heaven , written in the hand of St. Peter , to Pepin , to complain of the grievances of the king of the Lombards , Astolphus , St. Peter does not mention in his letter that Pepin had made a present of the exarchate of Ravenna to the ...
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Page 51 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 280 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 47 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 133 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 89 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Page 293 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 311 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Page 145 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 274 - The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.