The Works of William E. Channing, المجلد 1James Munroe, 1845 |
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الصفحة v
... thought and inquiry , they have not failed of their end , even when they have pro- voked doubt or reply . They have , I think , the merit of being earnest expressions of the writer's mind , and of giving the results of quiet , long ...
... thought and inquiry , they have not failed of their end , even when they have pro- voked doubt or reply . They have , I think , the merit of being earnest expressions of the writer's mind , and of giving the results of quiet , long ...
الصفحة vii
... thought , that to darken the creation , was the way to bring out more clearly the splendor of the Creator . The ... thoughts ex- clusively or unduly on God's infinity . It is said , in de- votional writings , that exalted and absorbing ...
... thought , that to darken the creation , was the way to bring out more clearly the splendor of the Creator . The ... thoughts ex- clusively or unduly on God's infinity . It is said , in de- votional writings , that exalted and absorbing ...
الصفحة ix
... thought ; yet human thought , mysterious , unbound- ed , " wandering through eternity , " is not to be con- temned . God's sovereignty is limitless ; still man has rights . God's power is irresistible ; still man is free . On God , we ...
... thought ; yet human thought , mysterious , unbound- ed , " wandering through eternity , " is not to be con- temned . God's sovereignty is limitless ; still man has rights . God's power is irresistible ; still man is free . On God , we ...
الصفحة xi
... thought in the human soul . All our powers were but movements of one infinite force . Under the deceptive spectacle of multiplied individuals intent on various ends , there was but one agent . Life , with its endless changes , was but ...
... thought in the human soul . All our powers were but movements of one infinite force . Under the deceptive spectacle of multiplied individuals intent on various ends , there was but one agent . Life , with its endless changes , was but ...
الصفحة xii
... thought of God , to the denial or forgetfulness of all other existence and power , has come forth in various forms . The Catholic church , notwith- standing its boasted unity , has teemed with mystics , who have sought to lose ...
... thought of God , to the denial or forgetfulness of all other existence and power , has come forth in various forms . The Catholic church , notwith- standing its boasted unity , has teemed with mystics , who have sought to lose ...
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الصفحة 32 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy.
الصفحة 13 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled...
الصفحة 28 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
الصفحة 13 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself, But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
الصفحة 50 - O Adam, one almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good, created all Such to perfection; one first matter all, Indued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and, in things that live, of life...
الصفحة 50 - Till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportioned to each kind. So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More aery, last the bright consummate flower...
الصفحة 320 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
الصفحة 52 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
الصفحة 14 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
الصفحة 30 - Then amidst the hymns and hallelujahs of saints, some one may perhaps be heard offering at high strains in new and lofty measures, to sing and celebrate thy divine mercies and marvellous judgments in this land throughout all ages...