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Strona xvii
But , to fancy the whole was de . signed for him alone , is no better than downright
madness . I thought the readiest way to check this absur . dity , would be to sketch
out a plan of the UNIVERSE ; that , by considering the grandeur of the whole ...
But , to fancy the whole was de . signed for him alone , is no better than downright
madness . I thought the readiest way to check this absur . dity , would be to sketch
out a plan of the UNIVERSE ; that , by considering the grandeur of the whole ...
Strona xviii
Mean and ridiculous is that idea of the Deitt which limits his care to Man : but how
must the soul be filled with amazement , love , and adoration , that considers him
as the impartial parent of the whole UNIVERSE , and equally extending his ...
Mean and ridiculous is that idea of the Deitt which limits his care to Man : but how
must the soul be filled with amazement , love , and adoration , that considers him
as the impartial parent of the whole UNIVERSE , and equally extending his ...
Strona 8
When he appoints , the horned - Moon renews Her waning light , and her whole
visage shews : Fulfils her course in circles scarcely known , And cheers mankind
with lustre not her own .Pale terror flies before her friendly ray : The traveller ...
When he appoints , the horned - Moon renews Her waning light , and her whole
visage shews : Fulfils her course in circles scarcely known , And cheers mankind
with lustre not her own .Pale terror flies before her friendly ray : The traveller ...
Strona 10
... be influenced by our globe , than one man at Rome can be jostled by another
at London : And we might as well maintain , that all the people now living were
born at the same minute , as that the whole universe was created at the same
time .
... be influenced by our globe , than one man at Rome can be jostled by another
at London : And we might as well maintain , that all the people now living were
born at the same minute , as that the whole universe was created at the same
time .
Strona 32
... the probable habitations of myriads of intellectual creatures : - Yet all this
widely extended system is but a very small portion of the whole universe ; - and
were the whole of this solar system to be annihilated , it would be no more
missed by ...
... the probable habitations of myriads of intellectual creatures : - Yet all this
widely extended system is but a very small portion of the whole universe ; - and
were the whole of this solar system to be annihilated , it would be no more
missed by ...
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Strona 12 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Strona 39 - Each seed includes a plant : that plant, again, Has other seeds, which other plants contain : Those other plants have all their seeds ; and those, More plants, again, successively inclose. ********* So Adam's loins contain'd his large posterity, All people that have been, and all that e'er shall be.
Strona 8 - Come forth, O man, yon azure Round survey, And view those Lamps which yield eternal Day. Bring forth thy Glasses: clear thy wond'ring Eyes; Millions beyond the former Millions rise : Look farther :— Millions more blaze from remoter Skies: . . . And canst thou think, poor Worm!
Strona 33 - Strange and amazing must the difference be, 'Twixt this dull planet and bright Mercury; Yet reason says, nor can we doubt at all, Millions of beings dwell on either ball, With constitutions fitted for that spot Where Providence, all-wise, has fixed their lot.
Strona 15 - Or ought we not with reason to reply, Each lucid point which glows in yonder sky, Informs a system in the boundless space, And fills with glory its appointed place : With beams, unborrow'd, brightens other skies, And worlds, to thee unknown, with heat and life supplies.
Strona 23 - First, Mercury, amidst full tides of light, Rolls next the sun, through his small circle bright ; Our earth would blaze beneath so fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away.
Strona 24 - ... can't endure : Our earth would blaze beneath fo fierce a ray, And all its marble mountains melt away. Fair Venus, next, fulfils her larger round, With fofter beams, and milder glory crown'd. Friend to mankind, me glitters from afar, Now the bright ev'ning, now the morning fiar. More diftant ftill, our earth comes rolling...
Strona 47 - The wond'rous change which is ordain'd for thee. Thou too shalt leave thy reptile form behind, And mount the skies, a pure etherial mind, There range among the stars, all bright and un[confin'd.
Strona 46 - And courts the fair ones thro' the verdant Groves. How glorious now! How chang'd since Yesterday! When on the Ground, a crawling Worm it lay, Where ev'ry Foot might tread its Soul away ! Who rais'd it thence ? And bid it range the Skies ? Gave its rich Plumage, and its brilliant Dyes ? 'Twas God : — Its God and thine, O Man, and He In this thy Fellow-Creature lets thee see, The wond'rous Change which is ordain'd for thee.
Strona 46 - Sips from each flower, and breathes the vernal skies. Its splendid plumes, in graceful order, show The various glories of the painted bow ; Where love directs, a libertine it roves, And courts the fair ones through the verdant groves.
Informacje bibliograficzne
| Tytuł | The universe; a philosophical poem. With additions and notes by A. Crocker |
| Autor | Henry Baker |
| Redaktor | Abraham Crocker |
| Data wydania | 1808 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Uniwersytet Oksfordzki |
| W formie cyfrowej | 27 Wrz 2006 |
| Eksportuj cytowanie | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |