The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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... Imagination fet any Bounds to it ? To return therefore to my firft Thought , I could not but look upon my felf with fecret Horror , as a Being that was not worth the smallest Regard of one who had fo great a Work under his Care and ...
... Imagination fet any Bounds to it ? To return therefore to my firft Thought , I could not but look upon my felf with fecret Horror , as a Being that was not worth the smallest Regard of one who had fo great a Work under his Care and ...
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... Imagination to conceive the fearful Effects of Omnipotence incenfed . BUT I fall only confider the Wretchedness of an intellectual Being , who , in this Life , lies under the Displeasure of him , that at all Times and in all Places . is ...
... Imagination to conceive the fearful Effects of Omnipotence incenfed . BUT I fall only confider the Wretchedness of an intellectual Being , who , in this Life , lies under the Displeasure of him , that at all Times and in all Places . is ...
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... Imagination , he muft conclude that we are a Species of the moft obedient Creatures in the Universe ; that we are conftant to our Duty ; and that we keep a fteddy Eye on the End for which we were sent hither . BUT how great would be his ...
... Imagination , he muft conclude that we are a Species of the moft obedient Creatures in the Universe ; that we are conftant to our Duty ; and that we keep a fteddy Eye on the End for which we were sent hither . BUT how great would be his ...
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... Imagination as a kind of Eter- nity , though in Reality they do not bear fo great a Pro- portion to that Duration which is to follow them , as an Unite does to the greatest Number which you can put to- gether in Figures , or as one of ...
... Imagination as a kind of Eter- nity , though in Reality they do not bear fo great a Pro- portion to that Duration which is to follow them , as an Unite does to the greatest Number which you can put to- gether in Figures , or as one of ...
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... Imagination of created Beings . 6 Ir is very remarkable that this Opinion of God Almighty's Prefence in Heaven , whether difcovered by the Light of Nature , or by a general Tradition from our first Parents , prevails among all the ...
... Imagination of created Beings . 6 Ir is very remarkable that this Opinion of God Almighty's Prefence in Heaven , whether difcovered by the Light of Nature , or by a general Tradition from our first Parents , prevails among all the ...
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Page 259 - ... 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.
Page 37 - 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.
Page 11 - I did not question, came loaded with his crimes; but, upon searching into his bundle, I found that, instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory. He was followed by another worthless rogue, who flung away his modesty, instead of his ignorance.
Page 11 - The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too long for him.
Page 67 - to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.
Page 53 - We may assure ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one who is indifferent to any of his creatures.
Page 134 - ... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.
Page 10 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Page 71 - We make provisions for this life, as though it were never to have an end, and for the other life, as though it were never to have a beginning. Should a spirit of superior rank, who is a stranger to human nature, accidentally alight upon the earth, and take a survey of its inhabitants ; what would his notions of us...
Page 10 - Jupiter, that every mortal should bring in his griefs and calamities, and throw them together in a heap. There was a large plain appointed for this purpose. I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.