The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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Side 54
... existence . But the wideft of these our spheres has its circumference . When therefore we reflect on the divine nature , we are fo ufed and accustomed to this imperfection in ourselves , that we cannot forbear in fome measure afcribing ...
... existence . But the wideft of these our spheres has its circumference . When therefore we reflect on the divine nature , we are fo ufed and accustomed to this imperfection in ourselves , that we cannot forbear in fome measure afcribing ...
Side 108
... existence ; when , I say , he fhould know that this fet of creatures are to exist to all eternity in another life , for which they make no preparations ? Nothing can be a greater difgrace to reason , than that men , who are perfuaded of ...
... existence ; when , I say , he fhould know that this fet of creatures are to exist to all eternity in another life , for which they make no preparations ? Nothing can be a greater difgrace to reason , than that men , who are perfuaded of ...
Side 174
... exalted pleasure he receives is from beholding millions of creatures , lately drawn out of the gulf of non - existence , rejoicing in the various degrees of of being and happiness imparted to them . And as 174 THE SPECTATOR .
... exalted pleasure he receives is from beholding millions of creatures , lately drawn out of the gulf of non - existence , rejoicing in the various degrees of of being and happiness imparted to them . And as 174 THE SPECTATOR .
Side 186
... existence were not 6 once actually prefent , and confequently may be reached by a certain number of years ap- plied to it . We may afcend as high as we pleafe , and employ our being to that eternity which is to come , in adding millions ...
... existence were not 6 once actually prefent , and confequently may be reached by a certain number of years ap- plied to it . We may afcend as high as we pleafe , and employ our being to that eternity which is to come , in adding millions ...
Side 188
... existence , could not have existed from eternity . 6 • Fourthly , That this Eternal Being muft therefore be the great author of nature , the " Ancient of Days , ' who , being at an infinite distance in his perfections from all finite ...
... existence , could not have existed from eternity . 6 • Fourthly , That this Eternal Being muft therefore be the great author of nature , the " Ancient of Days , ' who , being at an infinite distance in his perfections from all finite ...
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ADDISON affured afked againſt anfwer beautiful becauſe cafe confider confideration converfation creature defign defire difcourfe diſcover eternity exiftence exiſtence faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays fecond fecret feems felf fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething foon foul fpeaking fpecies ftanding ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofed fure gentleman greateſt hand happineſs hath heart himſelf honour huſband inftance itſelf JOHN BYROM juft lady laft laſt lefs letter look miferable mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion Paper perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure prefent promife publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon rife ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe ſpeak SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Tickell thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe VIRG virtue Wedneſday whofe whole wife
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Side 137 - 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.
Side 56 - 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.
Side 371 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 371 - 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.
Side 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Side 55 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Side 57 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Side 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Side 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Side 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.