Sacred History of the World: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 2, Issue 72Harper, 1844 - Creation |
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... individual participation of it ; in the employments of the hu- man race ; in the establishment of government and laws ; in the state of property and of poverty among mankind ; in the rise and prevalence of the varied ranks and ...
... individual participation of it ; in the employments of the hu- man race ; in the establishment of government and laws ; in the state of property and of poverty among mankind ; in the rise and prevalence of the varied ranks and ...
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... individual one - These Ideas the Foundation of all Sacred History 55 LETTER V. Our Sacred History a part of that of the Universe , yet peculiar to ourselves - Other Worlds besides our own - Ancient Errors on this Subject - Man a ...
... individual one - These Ideas the Foundation of all Sacred History 55 LETTER V. Our Sacred History a part of that of the Universe , yet peculiar to ourselves - Other Worlds besides our own - Ancient Errors on this Subject - Man a ...
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... individual characteristic . We may agree in principle , wish , and feel- ing ; but in the particular applications of these , a variety of inference and judgment always appears . Diversity of opinion must therefore be anticipated and ...
... individual characteristic . We may agree in principle , wish , and feel- ing ; but in the particular applications of these , a variety of inference and judgment always appears . Diversity of opinion must therefore be anticipated and ...
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... individual inclinations or oppor- tunities may lead or dispose us to all the branches of natural philosophy but let a due portion of our care be given to exalt and crown these with divine philosophy ; either will be incomplete without ...
... individual inclinations or oppor- tunities may lead or dispose us to all the branches of natural philosophy but let a due portion of our care be given to exalt and crown these with divine philosophy ; either will be incomplete without ...
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... individual welfare in this world , and with our endless future in the next , will have an endearing inter- est to us , of which nothing can divest it . Stars may dis- appear , or new comets rush upon us , or fresh planets may be ...
... individual welfare in this world , and with our endless future in the next , will have an endearing inter- est to us , of which nothing can divest it . Stars may dis- appear , or new comets rush upon us , or fresh planets may be ...
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Adam and Eve agencies ancient animals appear appointed Arabs arise beautiful become birds body called cause Cecrops character civilized continued creation Creator cultivated Deity deluge descendants Deucalion diluvian divine earth Edom effect Egypt Egyptian Esau excite existence external fact father feelings female globe gneiss Grecian Greece habits happy Hesiod human nature human race ideas impressions improvement individual infer inhabitants intellectual intelligent Ishmael islands Jewish Josephus kind knowledge land laws living Macedonian dynasty males mankind means ment mentions miles mind Mizraim moral mountains nations never ocean operation opinions ourselves peculiar perceive Phenicians Plato pleasure Plutarch population portion present principle produce quadrupeds reason regions remarks result rocks sacred history says sensations sensibilities Socrates soil soul species spirit square miles Strabo subsistence surface Syria things thou thought tion tribes truth universal vegetation
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Page 175 - The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast...
Page 218 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Page 171 - IT is the first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before, The redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare And grass in the green field.
Page 108 - We know, and what is better, we feel inwardly, that religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.
Page 174 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 124 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 400 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 395 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 170 - I never hear the loud, solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild, mixing cadence of a troop of gray plovers in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Page 173 - Oh ! pleasant, pleasant were the days, The time, when, in our childish plays, My sister Emmeline and I Together chased the butterfly ! A very hunter did I rush Upon the prey : — with leaps and springs I followed on from...