The Spectator, Volume 8J. Nunn, 1816 |
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Pagina 35
... infinite host of stars , or , to speak more philosophically , 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 philosophically , 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 ...
Pagina 36
... infinite power , prompted by infinite goodness , with an infinite space to exert itself in , how can our imagination 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 imagination set any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought . I could not but look upon myself with secret horror ...
Pagina 37
... infinite ; but the poorness of our conceptions is such that it cannot forbear setting bounds to every thing it contemplates , until our reason comes again to our succour , and throws down all those little prejudidices which rise in us ...
... infinite ; but the poorness of our conceptions is such that it cannot forbear setting bounds to every thing it contemplates , until our reason comes again to our succour , and throws down all those little prejudidices which rise in us ...
Pagina 38
... infinite space gives room to infinite knowledge , and is , as it were , an organ 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 organ 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 ...
Pagina 50
... infinite service 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 service 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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