The Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Band 2Harper & Bros., 1838 |
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... mind , as it becomes enlightened by its intellectual investiga- tions , will always find to be among its most pleas- urable and most profitable occupations . He will only add on this point , that in whatever form of style , and however ...
... mind , as it becomes enlightened by its intellectual investiga- tions , will always find to be among its most pleas- urable and most profitable occupations . He will only add on this point , that in whatever form of style , and however ...
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... mind has been deviating into so many divergences of thought and action , that it is difficult to foresee into what ... minds of much value are already beginning to contemplate the subject with increasing interest ; and important elucida ...
... mind has been deviating into so many divergences of thought and action , that it is difficult to foresee into what ... minds of much value are already beginning to contemplate the subject with increasing interest ; and important elucida ...
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... mind in ourselves , no lapse of time , no accumulations of human experience , no extension of our mathematical or physiological investigations , can abolish this connexion , or preclude its consequences . As he lives and reigns , so he ...
... mind in ourselves , no lapse of time , no accumulations of human experience , no extension of our mathematical or physiological investigations , can abolish this connexion , or preclude its consequences . As he lives and reigns , so he ...
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... minds are zealously engaged upon this , and are inviting others to imitate their example . Never before has it been ... mind within us which many of the illus- trious ancients aspired to , but which cannot be attained until we cultivate ...
... minds are zealously engaged upon this , and are inviting others to imitate their example . Never before has it been ... mind within us which many of the illus- trious ancients aspired to , but which cannot be attained until we cultivate ...
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... mind , and are at intelligent agency alone could produce . When effects events occur in consequence of a pre - established plan , d on regulating principles , and in obedience to perceptible ws , evincing certain foresight and adjusting ...
... mind , and are at intelligent agency alone could produce . When effects events occur in consequence of a pre - established plan , d on regulating principles , and in obedience to perceptible ws , evincing certain foresight and adjusting ...
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Adam and Eve agencies ancient animals appear appointed Arabian Arabs arise attained beautiful become Bedouins 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 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 spirit square miles Strabo subsistence surface Syria things thou thought tion tribes truth universal vegetation
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 176 - What was so fugitive ! 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...
Seite 176 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Seite 219 - 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.
Seite 428 - For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Seite 386 - For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
Seite 160 - Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine...
Seite 173 - I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
Seite 175 - 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.
Seite 217 - Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right ; if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Seite 174 - STAY near me — do not take thy flight ! A little longer stay in sight ! Much converse do I find in Thee, Historian of my Infancy ! Float near me; do not yet depart! Dead times revive in thee : Thou bring'st, gay Creature as thou art ! A solemn image to my heart...