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Page vii
... the gradual appearance , diversities , and improvements of the literature and knowledge of mankind ; with some consideration of the future destinations to which , on this present earth , human nature seems PREFACE . vii.
... the gradual appearance , diversities , and improvements of the literature and knowledge of mankind ; with some consideration of the future destinations to which , on this present earth , human nature seems PREFACE . vii.
Page ix
... Earth , has a Sacred History attached to his Ex- istence , in which nothing else participates - All Nature is a special Creation with specific Ends in view - Man peculiarly so - The Sacred History is founded on these - Erroneous Ideas ...
... Earth , has a Sacred History attached to his Ex- istence , in which nothing else participates - All Nature is a special Creation with specific Ends in view - Man peculiarly so - The Sacred History is founded on these - Erroneous Ideas ...
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... Earth to this appointed Condition in its various Regions and Countries - The Surface gradually fitted to this local Geography LETTER XXIII . 321 The NATURAL SCENERY of the Earth made to be everywhere beautiful and interesting Instances ...
... Earth to this appointed Condition in its various Regions and Countries - The Surface gradually fitted to this local Geography LETTER XXIII . 321 The NATURAL SCENERY of the Earth made to be everywhere beautiful and interesting Instances ...
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... earth was by one philosopher deemed a flat table ; by another , agar ; by a third , like a drum of tabor ; and by a ... earth , or that the earth was globular , or that Asia was Sarge as Europe . Meip , 1. iv . e . 36 . cover ; and no ...
... earth was by one philosopher deemed a flat table ; by another , agar ; by a third , like a drum of tabor ; and by a ... earth , or that the earth was globular , or that Asia was Sarge as Europe . Meip , 1. iv . e . 36 . cover ; and no ...
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... earth , which he thought was at rest in the centre of the universe , remarks , - " But those who live in Italy , called Pythagoreans , assert the contrary ; for they place the solar fire in the middle , and call the earth one of the ...
... earth , which he thought was at rest in the centre of the universe , remarks , - " But those who live in Italy , called Pythagoreans , assert the contrary ; for they place the solar fire in the middle , and call the earth one of the ...
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Page 214 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Page 170 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 172 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Page 172 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 170 - LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
Page 394 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 32 - These are thy glorious Works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 170 - From heart to heart is stealing, From earth to man, from man to earth : — It is the hour of feeling. One moment now may give us more Than years of toiling reason : Our minds shall drink at every pore The spirit of the season.
Page 184 - Wild is thy lay and loud Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.
Page 124 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins heaven and earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God and love of man.