The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge : Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, المجلد 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834 |
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الصفحة ix
... death , in the Empires which have been raised , since 1 the Jewish , which he considered to have a providential character ; in the state and continuance of the un- civilized nations of the world ; in the plans that con- cern the ...
... death , in the Empires which have been raised , since 1 the Jewish , which he considered to have a providential character ; in the state and continuance of the un- civilized nations of the world ; in the plans that con- cern the ...
الصفحة 28
... more brief expres- sion of the same sentiment , which Sir Isaac Newton , a short time before his death , as if with a kindred feeling , thus mentioned . ' I do not II . In the same spirit , tho with inferior 28 THE SACRED HISTORY.
... more brief expres- sion of the same sentiment , which Sir Isaac Newton , a short time before his death , as if with a kindred feeling , thus mentioned . ' I do not II . In the same spirit , tho with inferior 28 THE SACRED HISTORY.
الصفحة 66
... death , make them think so ; and therefore their prayers are directed to him , when any severe calamity befalls them . To avert his displeasure , they often use superstitious practices , with the most childish credulity . They will drum ...
... death , make them think so ; and therefore their prayers are directed to him , when any severe calamity befalls them . To avert his displeasure , they often use superstitious practices , with the most childish credulity . They will drum ...
الصفحة 70
... Death is not an eternal sleep . Citizens ! obliterate from the tombs that maxim engraved by sacrilegious hands , which throws a funereal crape over nature ; which discourages oppressed innocence , and insults death . Inscribe there ...
... Death is not an eternal sleep . Citizens ! obliterate from the tombs that maxim engraved by sacrilegious hands , which throws a funereal crape over nature ; which discourages oppressed innocence , and insults death . Inscribe there ...
الصفحة 86
... death shall remove us from our present home . We cannot prevent the mind from desiring this , nor , as we gaze upon their nightly radiance , from aspiring to it . ' There is an attraction in their sparkling lucidity which draws the soul ...
... death shall remove us from our present home . We cannot prevent the mind from desiring this , nor , as we gaze upon their nightly radiance , from aspiring to it . ' There is an attraction in their sparkling lucidity which draws the soul ...
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الصفحة 220 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! " The child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
الصفحة 281 - When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
الصفحة 223 - O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive...
الصفحة 281 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
الصفحة 284 - 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...
الصفحة 224 - 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...
الصفحة 210 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
الصفحة 240 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place, — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG To the Cuckoo O BLITHE new-comer!
الصفحة 210 - For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream : Then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, And be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you ; And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
الصفحة 510 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.