 What," it will be questioned, " when the sun rises do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ? Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying — ' Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 211865Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 358 pages
...that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it would be a hindrance, and not action. I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning a sight. 1 look through it, and not with it." It is a problem of metaphysics to define the province of Fancy... | |
 | Pierre Berger - Art and literature - 1914 - 444 pages
...be questioned, " when the sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ? Oh ! no ! no ! I see an innumerable company of the...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it and not with it." l Such a passage leaves no room for doubt as to the real nature of these visions.... | |
 | Herbert Newall Morris - 1915 - 182 pages
...be questioned, ' when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' Oh, no, no. I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." Some people have called him a madman because he had dreams and visions, but one... | |
 | Henry Harrison Brown - Mental suggestion - 1901 - 72 pages
...assert that I do not behold the outward creation, and that it is to me a hindrance and not an action. I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." And more, such an one shall see as John saw the spiritual city, not ' 'coming... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer - Literature - 1915 - 654 pages
...company of the heavenly host, crying ' Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty ! ' I question not with my corporeal eye any more than I would question a window concerning sight. I look through it and not with it." Some such power as that, penetrating through commonplace... | |
 | Emily Herman - Mysticism - 1916 - 438 pages
...when the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? " Oh ! no, no II see an innumerable company of the heavenly host, crying,...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it. WILLIAM BLAKE. If the flesh owes all its beauty and vivacity, its love and sensibility... | |
 | Alexander Reid Gordon - Bible - 1919 - 390 pages
..." when the sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea ? " Oh ! no, no II see an innumerable company of the heavenly host, crying,...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it.' — A Vision of the Last Judgment. that the Mighty One who had made all these... | |
 | Book collecting - 1920 - 838 pages
...will be questioned, 'when the sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea?' Oh! no, no! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." Mr. Turner looks not only with his eye—and with the disciplined vision of the... | |
 | W. Duncan McKim - Intellect - 1920 - 344 pages
...it will be questioned, 'when the sun rises do you not see a disk of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? ' Oh no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...more than I would question a window, concerning a sight."1 Some have called Blake a madman, but others have maintained that he was quite sane, affirming... | |
 | Raymond Melbourne Weaver - 1921 - 442 pages
...be questionedi 'when the sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire something like a guinea ?' Oh! no! no! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly...question a window concerning a sight. I look through it, and not with it." Though Allan Melville chose as courtship gift a copy of Pleasures of Imagination,... | |
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