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Page 97
That gentleness of manners , with firmness of mind , is a short , but full description
of human perfection , on this side of religious and moral duties . Lord
CHESTERFIELD . 1 1 ! ! F H A P. CH A P. VIII . ON GOOD SENSE . ERE CHAP .
VII .
That gentleness of manners , with firmness of mind , is a short , but full description
of human perfection , on this side of religious and moral duties . Lord
CHESTERFIELD . 1 1 ! ! F H A P. CH A P. VIII . ON GOOD SENSE . ERE CHAP .
VII .
Page 105
Around , how . wide ! how deep extend below ! Vaft chain of Being ! which from
God began , Nature ethereal , human ; angel , man ; Beaft , bird , fish , insect ,
what no eye can fee , No gla's can reach ; from Infinite to thee , From thee to
Nothing .
Around , how . wide ! how deep extend below ! Vaft chain of Being ! which from
God began , Nature ethereal , human ; angel , man ; Beaft , bird , fish , insect ,
what no eye can fee , No gla's can reach ; from Infinite to thee , From thee to
Nothing .
Page 108
Then sacred seem'd th ' ethereal vault no more ; Altars grew marble then , and
reek'd with gore ; Then first the Flamen tasted living food ; Next his grim idol
smear'd with human blood ; With Heav'n's own thunders shook the world below ,
And ...
Then sacred seem'd th ' ethereal vault no more ; Altars grew marble then , and
reek'd with gore ; Then first the Flamen tasted living food ; Next his grim idol
smear'd with human blood ; With Heav'n's own thunders shook the world below ,
And ...
Page 114
... In one close system of Benevolence : Happier as kinder , in whate'er degree ,
And height of Bliss but height of Charity God loves from Whole to Parts : But
human soul Muft rise from Individual to the Whole . Self - love but serves the
virtuous ...
... In one close system of Benevolence : Happier as kinder , in whate'er degree ,
And height of Bliss but height of Charity God loves from Whole to Parts : But
human soul Muft rise from Individual to the Whole . Self - love but serves the
virtuous ...
Page 149
That cherubim , which now appears as a God to a human soul , knows very well
that the period will come about in eternity , when the human soul shall be as
perfect as he himself now is : nay , when she shall look down upon that degree of
...
That cherubim , which now appears as a God to a human soul , knows very well
that the period will come about in eternity , when the human soul shall be as
perfect as he himself now is : nay , when she shall look down upon that degree of
...
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| Title | The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1797 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2012 |
| Length | 436 pages |
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