Meditations and Contemplations: In Two Volumes, Volumen 2John and James Rivington and J. Leake, 1748 |
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... forming any Acquaintance with his Perfon , I flatter myself , you will the more attentively obferve his Picture . This His moral Picture ; defigned , not to be fet in Gold , or fparkle in Enamel , but to breathe in your Spirit , and to ...
... forming any Acquaintance with his Perfon , I flatter myself , you will the more attentively obferve his Picture . This His moral Picture ; defigned , not to be fet in Gold , or fparkle in Enamel , but to breathe in your Spirit , and to ...
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... forming agreeable Pictures of Nature , and deriving in- ftructive Obfervations ; than by the laborious Me- thod of long - deduced Arguments , or close connect- ed Reafonings . As the Contemplation of the Heavens and the Earth , of their ...
... forming agreeable Pictures of Nature , and deriving in- ftructive Obfervations ; than by the laborious Me- thod of long - deduced Arguments , or close connect- ed Reafonings . As the Contemplation of the Heavens and the Earth , of their ...
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... formed a verdant Canopy , and caft a moft refreshing Shade . Under my Feet lay a Carpet of Nature's Velvet ; Grafs inter- mingled with Mofs , and embroidered with Flowers . Jeffamines , in Conjunction with Woodbines , twined around the ...
... formed a verdant Canopy , and caft a moft refreshing Shade . Under my Feet lay a Carpet of Nature's Velvet ; Grafs inter- mingled with Mofs , and embroidered with Flowers . Jeffamines , in Conjunction with Woodbines , twined around the ...
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... forming extravagant Characters , wide- ly different from Truth ; they inspire unnatural Conceits ; beget idle Expectations ; introduce a Dif- guft of genuine Hiftory ; and indifpofe their Ad- mirers to acquiefce in the decent Civilities ...
... forming extravagant Characters , wide- ly different from Truth ; they inspire unnatural Conceits ; beget idle Expectations ; introduce a Dif- guft of genuine Hiftory ; and indifpofe their Ad- mirers to acquiefce in the decent Civilities ...
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... formed the Earth , and built the Skies ; who poured from his Hand the watery World , and breathed the all- furrounding Air abroad . " Thou also madeft " the Night , Maker omnipotent ! and Thou , " the Day ! which I , though less than ...
... formed the Earth , and built the Skies ; who poured from his Hand the watery World , and breathed the all- furrounding Air abroad . " Thou also madeft " the Night , Maker omnipotent ! and Thou , " the Day ! which I , though less than ...
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Página 173 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (as it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
Página 79 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 35 - Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour, till the evening ;" but then his strength fails, his spirits flag, and he stands in need, not only of some respite from toil, but of some kindly and sovereign refreshments.
Página 126 - When I measure them with my own little pittance, they swell into proud and bloated dimensions : but when I take the universe for...
Página 141 - By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; And all the hoft of them by the breath of his mouth.
Página 119 - The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds. To us, who dwell on its surface, the earth is by far the most extensive orb that our eyes can any where behold : it is also clothed...
Página 246 - What, though In solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though nor real voice nor sound, Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing, as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Página 134 - Let there be light, and there was light " — let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament, cannot be communicated to children and believed by them, without producing a strong impression.
Página 167 - May boldly deviate from the common track ; Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Página 238 - ... that the soul of one virtuous and religious man is of greater worth and excellency than the sun and his planets, and all the stars in the world.