The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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Pagina 30
... species of shell - fish , which are formed in the fashion of a cone , that grow to the surface of se- veral rocks , and immediately die , upon their be- ing severed from the place where they grow . There are many other creatures but one ...
... species of shell - fish , which are formed in the fashion of a cone , that grow to the surface of se- veral rocks , and immediately die , upon their be- ing severed from the place where they grow . There are many other creatures but one ...
Pagina 31
... species of animals , none of the rest would have en- joyed the happiness of existence : he has , there- fore , specified in his creation every degree of life , every capacity of being . The whole chasm in nature , from a plant to a man ...
... species of animals , none of the rest would have en- joyed the happiness of existence : he has , there- fore , specified in his creation every degree of life , every capacity of being . The whole chasm in nature , from a plant to a man ...
Pagina 32
... species of intelli- gent creatures above us , than there are of sensible and material below us , is probable to me from hence that in all the visible corporeal world we see no chasms , or no gaps . All quite down from us the descent is ...
... species of intelli- gent creatures above us , than there are of sensible and material below us , is probable to me from hence that in all the visible corporeal world we see no chasms , or no gaps . All quite down from us the descent is ...
Pagina 33
... species are linked together , and differ but in almost insensible degrees . And , when we con- sider the infinite power and wisdom of the Ma- ker , we have reason to think that it is suitable to the magnificent harmony of the universe ...
... species are linked together , and differ but in almost insensible degrees . And , when we con- sider the infinite power and wisdom of the Ma- ker , we have reason to think that it is suitable to the magnificent harmony of the universe ...
Pagina 35
... species of shell - fish , which are formed in the fashion of a cone , that grow to the surface of se- veral rocks , and immediately die , upon their be- ing severed from the place where they grow . There are many other creatures but one ...
... species of shell - fish , which are formed in the fashion of a cone , that grow to the surface of se- veral rocks , and immediately die , upon their be- ing severed from the place where they grow . There are many other creatures but one ...
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Pagina 249 - 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.
Pagina 131 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Pagina 130 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Pagina 33 - Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Pagina 20 - KNOWING that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last county...
Pagina 22 - ... good use of it, and to pay the several legacies, and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog, that you know my poor master was so fond of.
Pagina 244 - ... that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty, which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, which was more finely shaded, and disposed among softer lights, than that which the sun had before discovered to us.
Pagina 248 - ... being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Pagina 222 - ... with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice, as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Pagina 249 - ... omniscience every uncomfortable thought vanishes. He cannot but regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion : for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...