The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious SubjectsF. and C. Rivington, and W. Clarke, 1802 |
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... that after having filled an active and useful de- partment in life , I might retire from the public scene to the shades of rural solitude ; B not not such a solitude as diminishes , or con- tracts Reflections on Retirement.
... that after having filled an active and useful de- partment in life , I might retire from the public scene to the shades of rural solitude ; B not not such a solitude as diminishes , or con- tracts Reflections on Retirement.
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... scenes where the tide of " human existence " is at its highest flood , to seek for true happiness in a crowd , is to deprive ourselves of that gratification which arises from a calm contemplation of the characters of men ; for it is as ...
... scenes where the tide of " human existence " is at its highest flood , to seek for true happiness in a crowd , is to deprive ourselves of that gratification which arises from a calm contemplation of the characters of men ; for it is as ...
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... scenes of solitude ! How must the heart expand when it has broken its fetters , and freely breathes that air of liberty liberty with which a benevolent Creator refreshes all his creatures 4 Reflections on Retirement .
... scenes of solitude ! How must the heart expand when it has broken its fetters , and freely breathes that air of liberty liberty with which a benevolent Creator refreshes all his creatures 4 Reflections on Retirement .
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... scenes , where peace and comfort never shew their beams ? Who would not repress the excursions of a wild imagination , whose every step leads to dan- ger and destruction ? Who would not , un- der this impression , guard each avenue of ...
... scenes , where peace and comfort never shew their beams ? Who would not repress the excursions of a wild imagination , whose every step leads to dan- ger and destruction ? Who would not , un- der this impression , guard each avenue of ...
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... our nature . On the contrary , the world is the Christian's school , and retirement the spot where he must rumi- nate upon his lessons . When When the good man moves into this scene of contemplation 10 Religious Retirement :
... our nature . On the contrary , the world is the Christian's school , and retirement the spot where he must rumi- nate upon his lessons . When When the good man moves into this scene of contemplation 10 Religious Retirement :
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الصفحة 193 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
الصفحة 169 - Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things...
الصفحة 189 - The powers of man : we feel within ourselves His energy divine : he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being ; to be great like him, , Beneficent and active.
الصفحة 208 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
الصفحة 44 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wines and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered...
الصفحة 208 - O God, Thou art my' God; early will I seek Thee: My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
الصفحة 169 - But now ye also put off all these ; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds...
الصفحة 199 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
الصفحة 30 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor hath taught Him?
الصفحة 212 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.