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" There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. Nature tells me I am the image of God, as well as Scripture : he that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson,... "
Evenings in Autumn: On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The ... - Page 208
by Nathan Drake - 1822
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us — something that was before the heavens, ir divine argument alone, but in the very critical art of composition, may be eas Scripture. He that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and hath yet...
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Characteristics of Literature: Illustrated by the Genius of Distinguished Men

Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English literature - 1849 - 296 pages
...been finely uttered by the author of the Religio Medici. " There is surely a piece of divinity 3 in us, something that was before the elements and owes no homage unto the sun. Every man truly lives so long as he acts his nature, or in some way makes good the faculties of himself."...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...is surely a piece of divinity in us — something that was before the heavens, and owes no homage to the sun. Nature tells me I am the image of God as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and hath yet...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...is surely apiece of divinity in us — something that was before the heavens, and owes no homage to the sun. Nature tells me I am the image of God as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and hath yet...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio ...

Sir Thomas Browne - Christianity - 1852 - 580 pages
...or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us ; something that was before the elements, and owes...Nature tells me, I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin, Volume 2

sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 582 pages
...or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us ; something that was before the elements, and owes...Nature tells me, I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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Knick-knacks from an Editor's Table

Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 350 pages
...mind. That surface that tells the heavens they have an end, cannot persuade me /have any. There is a divinity within us : something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.' Bear this well in mind, therefore, that * affections well-placed and dutifully cherished ; friendships...
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Early years and late reflections v. 3, Volume 3

Clement Carlyon - 1856 - 500 pages
...That mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes...Nature tells me I am the image of God, as well as Scripture ; and he that understands not thus much has yet to begin the alphabet of man. There is surely...
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Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Volume 1

Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1859 - 752 pages
...or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us ; something that was before the elements, and owes...Nature tells me, I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. lie that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton

Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1861 - 584 pages
...or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us ; something that was before the elements, and owes...Nature tells me, I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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