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Page 47
... imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret horror , as a be- ng that was not worth the smallest regard of one who had fo great a work under his care and ...
... imagination fet any bounds to it ? To return therefore to my first thought , I could not but look upon myself with fecret horror , as a be- ng that was not worth the smallest regard of one who had fo great a work under his care and ...
Page 68
... imagination to conceive the fearful ef- fects of Omnipotence incenfed . But I fhall only confider the wretchedness of an intellectual being , who , in this life , lies under the displeasure of him , that at all times , and in all places ...
... imagination to conceive the fearful ef- fects of Omnipotence incenfed . But I fhall only confider the wretchedness of an intellectual being , who , in this life , lies under the displeasure of him , that at all times , and in all places ...
Page 88
... imagination , he muft conclude that we are a fpecies of the most obedient creatures in the uni- verfe ; that we are conftant to our duty ; and that we keep a fteady eye on the end for which we were fent hither .. But how great would be ...
... imagination , he muft conclude that we are a fpecies of the most obedient creatures in the uni- verfe ; that we are conftant to our duty ; and that we keep a fteady eye on the end for which we were fent hither .. But how great would be ...
Page 89
... imagination as a kind of eternity , though in reality they do not bear fo great a propor- tion to that duration , which is to follow them , as an H 3 unis unit does to the greatest number which you can put No. 575. THE SPECTATOR . 89.
... imagination as a kind of eternity , though in reality they do not bear fo great a propor- tion to that duration , which is to follow them , as an H 3 unis unit does to the greatest number which you can put No. 575. THE SPECTATOR . 89.
Page 90
... imagination , as to difpofe fome per- fons to fink under the confideration of the great length of the first part of this duration , and of the great diftance of that fecond duration , which is to fucceed it . The mind , I fay , might ...
... imagination , as to difpofe fome per- fons to fink under the confideration of the great length of the first part of this duration , and of the great diftance of that fecond duration , which is to fucceed it . The mind , I fay , might ...
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