Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volumen 2,Número 72Harper, 1844 |
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... habit of this fallacy produced most of the ancient superstitions . Conjecture must be sub- ordinate to fact in all earthly things , and never be indulged beyond the legitimate deductions from it . Hence , though our Milton's grand ...
... habit of this fallacy produced most of the ancient superstitions . Conjecture must be sub- ordinate to fact in all earthly things , and never be indulged beyond the legitimate deductions from it . Hence , though our Milton's grand ...
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... habits and actions in all the successions of their several spe- cies , may be considered to indicate that no system at pres- ent ascertainable by us , has been pursued as to them , be- yond that of their subsistence while they live ...
... habits and actions in all the successions of their several spe- cies , may be considered to indicate that no system at pres- ent ascertainable by us , has been pursued as to them , be- yond that of their subsistence while they live ...
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... habits , were all founded on paganism , as well as their re- ligion . It was on such a charge that Socrates perished.Į Yet Plato had ideas which he has expressed , that are incon- sistent with that rational creation which the Scriptures ...
... habits , were all founded on paganism , as well as their re- ligion . It was on such a charge that Socrates perished.Į Yet Plato had ideas which he has expressed , that are incon- sistent with that rational creation which the Scriptures ...
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... habit of using the phrase without any thought of their Divine Author , or as something quite independent of him , and with which he has no concern , and which would have subsisted without him ; or as what do not proceed from him . * Mr ...
... habit of using the phrase without any thought of their Divine Author , or as something quite independent of him , and with which he has no concern , and which would have subsisted without him ; or as what do not proceed from him . * Mr ...
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... habit , and nature , whatever kind of beings they may be . From these reflections , we seem to be justified in con- The heaven's bright sapphires to be living creatures , Ranging for food , and hungry fodder eaters ; Still sucking up ...
... habit , and nature , whatever kind of beings they may be . From these reflections , we seem to be justified in con- The heaven's bright sapphires to be living creatures , Ranging for food , and hungry fodder eaters ; Still sucking up ...
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Adam and Eve agencies ancient animals appear appointed Arabs arise beautiful become birds body called cause Cecrops character civilized continued creation Creator cultivated Deity deluge descendants Deucalion diluvian divine earth Edom effect Egypt Egyptian Esau excite existence external fact father feelings female globe gneiss Grecian Greece habits happy Hesiod human nature human race ideas impressions improvement individual infer inhabitants intellectual intelligent Ishmael islands Jewish Josephus kind knowledge land laws living Macedonian dynasty males mankind means ment mentions miles mind Mizraim moral mountains nations never ocean operation opinions ourselves peculiar perceive Phenicians Plato pleasure Plutarch population portion present principle produce quadrupeds reason regions remarks result rocks sacred history says sensations sensibilities Socrates soil soul species spirit square miles Strabo subsistence surface Syria things thou thought tion tribes truth universal vegetation
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Página 175 - 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 breast...
Página 218 - 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.
Página 171 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before, The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare And grass in the green field.
Página 108 - We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
Página 174 - 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.
Página 124 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Página 400 - 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.
Página 395 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Página 170 - I never hear the loud, solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild, mixing cadence of a troop of gray plovers in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Página 173 - Oh ! pleasant, pleasant were the days, The time, when, in our childish plays, My sister Emmeline and I Together chased the butterfly ! A very hunter did I rush Upon the prey : — with leaps and springs I followed on from...