 ... into nature, and to eternity advancing into the fathomless depths of the divine perfections. In this thought there is nothing but what doth honour to these glorified spirits ; provided still it be remembered, that their desire of more proceeds not...  Death; with other poems - Page 236by Robert Montgomery - 1834Full view - About this book
 | 1737 - 326 pages
...theirdifrelifhing what they poflefs ; and ' the Pleafure of a new Enjoyment is not with them ' meafured by its Novelty (which is a Thing merely foreign and accidental) but by its real intrinfick Value. After an Acquaintance uf many thoufand Years with the Works of God, the Beauty and... | |
 | 1789 - 428 pages
...their difreliming what they poflels ; and the pleafure of a new enjoyment is not with them meafured by its novelty (which is a thing merely foreign and accidental) but by its real intrinfic value. After an acquaintance of many thoufand years with the works of God, the beauty and... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...more, proceeds not from rtfieir disrelishing what they possess: and the pleasure of a new enjovnient it not with them measured by its novelty (which is a...accidental) but by its real intrinsic value. After an acquaint. ncc of many thousand years with the works of God, the beauty and m.ignjfieenre of the creation... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 320 pages
...be remembered, that their desire of more proceeds not from their disrelishing what they possess; and the pleasure of a new enjoyment is not with them measured...many thousand years with the works of God, the beauty and magnificence of the creation fills them with the same pleasing wonder and profound awe which Adam... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...be remembered, that their desire of more proceeds not from their disrelishing what they possess; and the pleasure of a new enjoyment is not with them measured...accidental), but by its real intrinsic value. After an acquaintanceof many thousand years with theworks of God, the beauty and magnificence of the creation... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 408 pages
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 | English essays - 1803 - 396 pages
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 | English literature - 1803 - 342 pages
...remembered, that their desire of more proceeds not from their disrelishing what they possess ; and the pleasure of a new enjoyment is not with them measured by its novelty (which is a thing tnerely foreign and accidental) but by its real intrinsic value. After an acquaintance of many thousand... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 570 pages
...remembered, that their desire of more, proceeds not from their disrelishing what they possess: and the pleasure of a new enjoyment is not with them measured...many thousand years with the works of God, the beauty and magnificence of the creation fills them with the same pleasing wonder and profound awe, which Adam... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 272 pages
...remembered, that their desire of more proceeds not from their disrelishing •what they possess ; and the pleasure of a new enjoyment is not with them measured...•many thousand years with the works of God, the beauty and magnificence of the creation fills them with the same pleasing wonder and profound awe which Adam... | |
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