The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Հատոր 2Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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... Causes ; and on the Nature and Effect of the Process carried on for the Improvement of Human Nature , and its ulterior Completion . LETTER XV . 220 A few Observations on the Causes and Objects of the GENERAL DELUGE , and on the State of ...
... Causes ; and on the Nature and Effect of the Process carried on for the Improvement of Human Nature , and its ulterior Completion . LETTER XV . 220 A few Observations on the Causes and Objects of the GENERAL DELUGE , and on the State of ...
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... cause of the other , and that cannot but be the effect of his causation . No changes of mind in ourselves , no lapse of time , no accumulations of human experience , no extension of our mathematical or physiological investigations , can ...
... cause of the other , and that cannot but be the effect of his causation . No changes of mind in ourselves , no lapse of time , no accumulations of human experience , no extension of our mathematical or physiological investigations , can ...
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... cause why we could not see its inhabitants . " — Plut . Phil . 1. iii . c . 11. He also inculcated that the water of the moon was thrown out of it by the circumvolution of the air , and by the ex- halation of this the world was ...
... cause why we could not see its inhabitants . " — Plut . Phil . 1. iii . c . 11. He also inculcated that the water of the moon was thrown out of it by the circumvolution of the air , and by the ex- halation of this the world was ...
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... cause it has not become a subject of our sensorial excitations . Invisibility is as much a character and state of ... caused to become objects of our consciousness . Visibility is therefore merely that artificial result of these ...
... cause it has not become a subject of our sensorial excitations . Invisibility is as much a character and state of ... caused to become objects of our consciousness . Visibility is therefore merely that artificial result of these ...
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... cause even the planets to appear to us as they would do if we were 800 or 1000 times nearer to them than we really are.t These wonders have been ef- * The natural conception of an uncivilized mind of the impossibility of a vessel making ...
... cause even the planets to appear to us as they would do if we were 800 or 1000 times nearer to them than we really are.t These wonders have been ef- * The natural conception of an uncivilized mind of the impossibility of a vessel making ...
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Էջ 176 - What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his...
Էջ 176 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Էջ 219 - 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.
Էջ 428 - For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Էջ 386 - For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
Էջ 160 - Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine...
Էջ 173 - I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
Էջ 175 - 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.
Էջ 217 - Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right ; if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Էջ 174 - STAY near me — do not take thy flight ! A little longer stay in sight ! Much converse do I find in Thee, Historian of my Infancy ! Float near me; do not yet depart! Dead times revive in thee : Thou bring'st, gay Creature as thou art ! A solemn image to my heart...