The Works of William E. Channing, Volumen1James Munroe, 1845 |
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... object at present is not to set forth the greatness of human nature , but to remove difficulties in relation to it , in the minds of religious people . From the direction , which theology has taken , it has been thought , that to ...
... object at present is not to set forth the greatness of human nature , but to remove difficulties in relation to it , in the minds of religious people . From the direction , which theology has taken , it has been thought , that to ...
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... objects . It was , I conceive , one design of God in hiding himself so far from us , in throwing around himself the veil of his works , to prevent this very evil . He intended that our faculties should be left at liberty to act on other ...
... objects . It was , I conceive , one design of God in hiding himself so far from us , in throwing around himself the veil of his works , to prevent this very evil . He intended that our faculties should be left at liberty to act on other ...
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... object is the universe , which is strictly one , or bound together by infinite connexions and correspondences ; and ... objects of knowledge , will see mutual light shed from truth to truth , and will compel , as with a kingly power ...
... object is the universe , which is strictly one , or bound together by infinite connexions and correspondences ; and ... objects of knowledge , will see mutual light shed from truth to truth , and will compel , as with a kingly power ...
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... objects life , and sentiment , and emotion , and invests the mind with the powers and splendors of the outward creation ; describes the surrounding universe in the colors which the passions throw over it , and depicts the soul in those ...
... objects life , and sentiment , and emotion , and invests the mind with the powers and splendors of the outward creation ; describes the surrounding universe in the colors which the passions throw over it , and depicts the soul in those ...
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... objects of grandeur and awfulness . He always moves with a conscious energy . There is no subject so vast or ter- rific , as to repel or intimidate him . The overpowering grandeur of a theme kindles and attracts him . He enters on the ...
... objects of grandeur and awfulness . He always moves with a conscious energy . There is no subject so vast or ter- rific , as to repel or intimidate him . The overpowering grandeur of a theme kindles and attracts him . He enters on the ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...