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... mind of Peter . He longed to go , for once ; he feared to disobey : but one day his father unwittingly confessed that he had once himself been at the theatre , when he was a young man ; and the disclosure made a breach in the reso ...
... mind of Peter . He longed to go , for once ; he feared to disobey : but one day his father unwittingly confessed that he had once himself been at the theatre , when he was a young man ; and the disclosure made a breach in the reso ...
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... Peter the cause of his perplexity . Then , lending him a little popular treatise on Astronomy , he assisted him to comprehend it ; and though the mind of Peter was , at first , stag- gered by the greatness of the ideas which crowded ...
... Peter the cause of his perplexity . Then , lending him a little popular treatise on Astronomy , he assisted him to comprehend it ; and though the mind of Peter was , at first , stag- gered by the greatness of the ideas which crowded ...
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... thoughts ; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused , Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns , And the round ocean , and the living air , And the blue sky , and in the mind of man : A motion and a spirit that impels ...
... thoughts ; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused , Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns , And the round ocean , and the living air , And the blue sky , and in the mind of man : A motion and a spirit that impels ...
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... mind was too exalted for sober discrimination - too rapturous for quiet discussion . For the astronomy of Peter was as yet but a nebulous cloud , too vague for analysis ; too full of poetic light to be separated into distinct facts . He ...
... mind was too exalted for sober discrimination - too rapturous for quiet discussion . For the astronomy of Peter was as yet but a nebulous cloud , too vague for analysis ; too full of poetic light to be separated into distinct facts . He ...
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Peter Jones (fict.name.) But Peter Jones was brought down from his aërial flights by a simple question . " How do you know that what the astronomers tell you is true ? " was asked by one of those minds that will not believe two and two ...
Peter Jones (fict.name.) But Peter Jones was brought down from his aërial flights by a simple question . " How do you know that what the astronomers tell you is true ? " was asked by one of those minds that will not believe two and two ...
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Page 15 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 18 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 77 - Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why...
Page 72 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people : The seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.
Page 70 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 69 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Page 12 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 3 - Oil ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Page 105 - tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings; Carry them here and there ; jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hour-glass...
Page 45 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.