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" Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. "
Lives of English poets - Page 275
by Samuel Johnson - 1801
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Sacred Biography, Or, The History of the Patriarchs: To which is ..., Volume 2

Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...for by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 29; Volume 47

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1828 - 618 pages
...By Robert Montgomery. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. 12mo. pp.204. Price Is.6d. London. 1828. '/"OMNIPOTENCE cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot...be ^"^ ' amplified; Perfection cannot be improved.' So says Dr. Johnson, in his Life of Waller. He had only to carry the play of words one step further,...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. ***** Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression is the most...
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Sacred, Biography: Or The History of Patriarchs. To which is Added, the ...

Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...for by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Fait}), invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy...
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Works: Life and Letters, Volume 5

William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy with...
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The Baptist Magazine, Volume 27

Baptists - 1835 - 606 pages
...Johnson, with majestic energy, remarks, that " whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved." LEUMAS. A CANDID APPEAL TO CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIANS. To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine. OF all...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 5

William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...improved. " The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving, Repentance, and Supplication. Faith invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy with...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...hoped by Christiansfrom metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably uniform, cannot be invested by fancy...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Arthur Collier ... with Some ...

Robert Benson - 1837 - 240 pages
...or the wit of Horace ; and as to poetical devotion, we agree with Johnson that it rarely pleases. " Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved." The notes from the diary, in the Appendix, while they indicate the frequent communication of the brothers...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Arthur Collier ... with Some ...

Robert Benson - 1837 - 254 pages
...or the wit of Horace ; and as to poetical devotion, we agree with Johnson that it rarely pleases. " Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved." The notes from the diary, in the Appendix, while they indicate the frequent communication of the brothers...
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