Meditations and Contemplations: In Two Volumes. ... By James Hervey, ...John and James Rivington, 1753 |
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... ( Men ordained to teach the Universe ) to learn Maxims of the laft Importance , from the most infignificant Birds * , that wander through ** Matt . vi . 26 , 28 , 29 , 30 . the the Paths of the Air ; from the very meaneft.
... ( Men ordained to teach the Universe ) to learn Maxims of the laft Importance , from the most infignificant Birds * , that wander through ** Matt . vi . 26 , 28 , 29 , 30 . the the Paths of the Air ; from the very meaneft.
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... Universe . The weary Winds have forgot to blow . The gentle Gales have fanned themselves afleep . No- thing ftirs . Not so much as a single Leaf nods . Even the quivering Afpin refts . And not one Breath curls o'er the Stream .--- Some ...
... Universe . The weary Winds have forgot to blow . The gentle Gales have fanned themselves afleep . No- thing ftirs . Not so much as a single Leaf nods . Even the quivering Afpin refts . And not one Breath curls o'er the Stream .--- Some ...
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... Universe . In thefe folemn Moments , Eliphaz alone , all wakeful and solitary , was musing upon fub- lime and heavenly Subjects .---- When , lo ! an awful Being , from the invifible Realms , burst into his Apartment * . A Spirit passed ...
... Universe . In thefe folemn Moments , Eliphaz alone , all wakeful and solitary , was musing upon fub- lime and heavenly Subjects .---- When , lo ! an awful Being , from the invifible Realms , burst into his Apartment * . A Spirit passed ...
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... Universe ; for there is neither Speech . so barbarous , but their Language is under- ftood ; nor Nation fo diftant , but their Voices are heard among them * .--- Let me then , while Multitudes are buried in Sleep , listen to their ...
... Universe ; for there is neither Speech . so barbarous , but their Language is under- ftood ; nor Nation fo diftant , but their Voices are heard among them * .--- Let me then , while Multitudes are buried in Sleep , listen to their ...
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... Universe , that it is far more magnificent , and worthy " of the infinite Creator , than any other of the narrower « Schemes . " ✦ Job , after a moft fublime Differtation , on the mighty Works of GOD ; as they are scattered through ...
... Universe , that it is far more magnificent , and worthy " of the infinite Creator , than any other of the narrower « Schemes . " ✦ Job , after a moft fublime Differtation , on the mighty Works of GOD ; as they are scattered through ...
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