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Page ix
... telling his hallowed tidings to the Virgin.2 Thus , then , it was that the ideas of the Lily and the Bee came together ; and their combined influence seemed thenceforth to invest the Crystal Palace , and all it contained , with ...
... telling his hallowed tidings to the Virgin.2 Thus , then , it was that the ideas of the Lily and the Bee came together ; and their combined influence seemed thenceforth to invest the Crystal Palace , and all it contained , with ...
Page x
... telling of a Second Adam.2 Adam and Eve have thus become twin founts of woe and joy , of despair and hope , of death and life , through Him who overcame death , and brought Life and Immortality to light : and in this solemn spirit is ...
... telling of a Second Adam.2 Adam and Eve have thus become twin founts of woe and joy , of despair and hope , of death and life , through Him who overcame death , and brought Life and Immortality to light : and in this solemn spirit is ...
Page xvii
... telling it trip- pingly to one another , are seen ancient Astronomers , Chaldean , Egyptian , and Grecian , perceiving their respective systems subverted by that which the motion of the Orrery is illustrating and among them Aristotle ...
... telling it trip- pingly to one another , are seen ancient Astronomers , Chaldean , Egyptian , and Grecian , perceiving their respective systems subverted by that which the motion of the Orrery is illustrating and among them Aristotle ...
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... Telling of MAN , in his relations to the earth ; MAN , in his relations to men ; MAN , in his relations to GOD . 8 Yes , to a Palace , risen like an ex- halation , goes the Queen , mindless of predicted peril - standing within it , the ...
... Telling of MAN , in his relations to the earth ; MAN , in his relations to men ; MAN , in his relations to GOD . 8 Yes , to a Palace , risen like an ex- halation , goes the Queen , mindless of predicted peril - standing within it , the ...
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... Telling , oh ! grand and overwhelm- ing thought ! of the uttermost indus- try and intellect of MAN , in every clime , of every hue , of every speech , since his Almighty Maker placed him upon the earth ! MAN , made in His own image ...
... Telling , oh ! grand and overwhelm- ing thought ! of the uttermost indus- try and intellect of MAN , in every clime , of every hue , of every speech , since his Almighty Maker placed him upon the earth ! MAN , made in His own image ...
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Adam ages ALISON ancient Aristotle art thou astronomer awful awhile beautiful Behold Carthage Charlemagne crown Crystal Palace D. R. HAY dazzling dear distance dread dust earth Edition Eternity Fcap fear FELICIA HEMANS flowers Foolscap 8vo gazing glorious hast thou hath heart Heaven HEMANS Herschel hive Holy humble Illustrations JOHN GALT KEITH JOHNSTON King Koh-i-Noor light Lily look Lord Lord Bacon mankind melting mighty miles millions mind Mizraim muse my-him myriad mysterious mystic Napoleon Newton noble Note o'er ocean past Philosopher planet Plato POEMS post 8vo Prince profound Queen reverently royal SAMUEL WARREN says scene sceptre sceptred isle shadow Shinar Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON solemn soul spectacle spirit splendour Stagyrite stand stars Stone sublime suddenly telling thee thine thinking THOMAS AIRD thought thousand throne tion toil trembling Truth unity unseen unto vast vols wonder
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Page 45 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 11 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 44 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven. And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 47 - But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 47 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it; and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 2 - To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 44 - But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Page 2 - ... ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Page 52 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..
Page 19 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.