 The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I...  The New Monthly Magazine - Page 171833Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...— for the other I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes for my recreation. * * Tho earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens...limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, can not persuade me I have any. * * Whilst I study to find how I am a microcosm or... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 582 pages
...perusing only my condition and fortunes, do err in my altitude ; for I am above Atlas's shoulders.2 The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens...limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end cannot persuade me I have any. I take my circle to be above three hundred and sixty.... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christianity - 1852 - 584 pages
...perusing only my condition and fortunes, do err in my altitude ; for I am above Atlas's shoulders. 2 The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens...limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end cannot persuade me I have any. I take my circle to be above three hundred and sixty.... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 388 pages
...not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. The mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my...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... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 350 pages
...silence. That fleeting noise is our posthumous renown. ' The earth itself,' says the great MILTON, ' is a point, not only in respect of the heavens above...but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. The mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens they... | |
 | Clement Carlyon - 1856 - 500 pages
...count not the world," he says, " as an inn, but an hospital, and a place not to live but to die in. The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens...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 no homage... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 594 pages
...on — for the other I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes for my recreation. * * The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens abere us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1859 - 752 pages
...perusing only my condition and fortunes, do err in my altitude ; for I am above Atlas his shoulders. The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens...limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any. I take iny circle to be above three hundred and sixty.... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1861 - 584 pages
...eye on ; for the other, I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes, for my recreation The earth is a point, not only in respect of the heavens...limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any Whilst I study to find how I am a microcosm, or little... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1861 - 584 pages
...eye on ; for the other, I use it but like my globe, and turn it round sometimes, for my recreation The earth is a point, not only in respect of the heavens...limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any. .... Whilst I study to find how I am a: microcosm, or... | |
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