The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse. For the Instruction and Entertainment of YouthT. Cadell, 1773 - 376 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... moft exalted way of confidering this infinite space is that of Sir Ifaac Newton , who calls it the fenforium of the Godhead . Brutes and men have their fenforiola , or little fenforiums , by which they apprehend the pie- fence and ...
... moft exalted way of confidering this infinite space is that of Sir Ifaac Newton , who calls it the fenforium of the Godhead . Brutes and men have their fenforiola , or little fenforiums , by which they apprehend the pie- fence and ...
Pagina 10
... moft tranfcendent and ⚫ vifible glory . This is that place which is marked out in Scripture under the different appellations of Paradife , the third heaven , the throne of God , and the habitation of his glory . It is here where the ...
... moft tranfcendent and ⚫ vifible glory . This is that place which is marked out in Scripture under the different appellations of Paradife , the third heaven , the throne of God , and the habitation of his glory . It is here where the ...
Pagina 15
... moft obedient creatures in the universe ; that we are conftant to our duty ; and that we keep a fteady eye on the end for which we were fent hither . But how great would be his aftonishment , when he learnt that we were beings not ...
... moft obedient creatures in the universe ; that we are conftant to our duty ; and that we keep a fteady eye on the end for which we were fent hither . But how great would be his aftonishment , when he learnt that we were beings not ...
Pagina 21
... moft folid bodies , as in marble itself , innumerable cells and cavities , that are crowded with fuch imper- cepuble inhabitants , as are too little for the naked eye to discover . On the other hand , if we look into the more bulky ...
... moft folid bodies , as in marble itself , innumerable cells and cavities , that are crowded with fuch imper- cepuble inhabitants , as are too little for the naked eye to discover . On the other hand , if we look into the more bulky ...
Pagina 24
... moft- inorganical parts of matter , we shall find every where that the feveral fpecies are linked together , and differ but in almoft infenfible degrees . And when we confider the infinite power and wisdom of the Maker , we have reafon ...
... moft- inorganical parts of matter , we shall find every where that the feveral fpecies are linked together , and differ but in almoft infenfible degrees . And when we confider the infinite power and wisdom of the Maker , we have reafon ...
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Pagina 127 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Pagina 344 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Pagina 168 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Pagina 13 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Pagina 127 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Pagina 346 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Pagina 344 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Pagina 346 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Pagina 344 - And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.