The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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Strona 78
... infinite host of stars , or , to speak more philosophi- cally , of suns , which were then shining upon me , with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns ; when I still enlarged the idea ...
... infinite host of stars , or , to speak more philosophi- cally , of suns , which were then shining upon me , with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns ; when I still enlarged the idea ...
Strona 79
... infinite power , prompted by infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our ima- gination set any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought . I could not but look upon myself with secret horror ...
... infinite power , prompted by infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our ima- gination set any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought . I could not but look upon myself with secret horror ...
Strona 80
... infinite ; but the poorness of our con- ceptions is such , that it cannot forbear setting bounds to every thing it contemplates , till our reason comes again to our succour , and throws down all those little prejudices which rise in us ...
... infinite ; but the poorness of our con- ceptions is such , that it cannot forbear setting bounds to every thing it contemplates , till our reason comes again to our succour , and throws down all those little prejudices which rise in us ...
Strona 81
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an or- gan to omniscience . Were the soul separate from the body , and with one glance of thought should start beyond the bounds of the creation , should it for ...
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an or- gan to omniscience . Were the soul separate from the body , and with one glance of thought should start beyond the bounds of the creation , should it for ...
Strona 96
... infinite ser- vice to the world ; on the contrary , when a man only thinks of distinguishing himself without being thus qualified for it , he becomes a very pernicious or a very ridiculous creature . I shall here confine myself to that ...
... infinite ser- vice to the world ; on the contrary , when a man only thinks of distinguishing himself without being thus qualified for it , he becomes a very pernicious or a very ridiculous creature . I shall here confine myself to that ...
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Strona 340 - It must be so ; Plato, thou reasonest well; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Strona 340 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Strona 134 - I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places...
Strona 156 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Strona 188 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past. But an eternal now does always last.
Strona 81 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Strona 198 - Who would not rather read one of his plays, where there is not a single rule of the stage observed, than any production of a modern critic, where there is not one of them violated...
Strona 102 - I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
Strona 33 - I am indeed much more proud of his long-continued friendship, than I should be of the fame of being thought the author of any writings which he himself is capable of producing. I remember when I finished The Tender Husband, I told him there was nothing I so ardently wished, as that we might some time or other publish a work written by us both, which should bear the name of The Monument, in memory of our friendship.
Strona 122 - A. LEWD young fellow seeing an aged hermit go by him barefoot, " Father (says he) you are in a very miserable condition if there is not another world." " True, son, (said the hermit;) but what is thy condition if there is?" Man is a creature designed for two different states of being, or rather, for two different lives. His first life is short and transient; his second, permanent and lasting. The question we are all concerned in is this, In which of...