God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou hither, and see the glory of my house.' And to the servants that stood around his throne he said, 'Take him, and undress him from his robes of flesh : cleanse his vision,... The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 2421846Full view - About this book
| Thomas De Quincey - 1871 - 358 pages
...of the Infinite as it reveals itself in the Chambers of Space. * " God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou...of my house.' And to the servants that stood around * "Disturbing :" — Neither perhaps should I much have sought to avoid alterations, if the original... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1871 - 366 pages
...Dream-vision of the Infinite as it reveals itself in the Chambers of Space. " God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou...of my house.' And to the servants that stood around * "Disturbing:"—Neither perhaps should I much have sought to avoid alterations, if the original had... | |
| 1872 - 778 pages
...vibrate and palpitate amidst the heights and depths of immensity—" God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou...his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils; arm him with sail-broad wings for flight; only touch not with any change his human heart—the heart... | |
| Hargrave Jennings - 1873 - 382 pages
...vision of the Infinite as it reveals itself in the Chambers of Space. God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou...Take him, and undress "him from his robes of flesh : change his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils : arm him with sailbroad wings for flight.... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1874 - 480 pages
...conceptions in the presence of the infinite wonders of the universe : — 'God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, " Come thou hither, and see the glory of my house." And to the angels which stood around His throne He said, " Take him, strip from him his robes of flesh ; cleanse... | |
| 1875 - 252 pages
...Pacific answer, " deep calling unto deep." 66. INFINITY OF CREATION. GOD called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, " Come thou hither, and see the glory of my throne." And to the servants that stood around his throne, he said, " Take him, and undress him from... | |
| Josiah Crampton - 1876 - 678 pages
...Space " (quoted and translated by De Quincey partly from memory). " God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou...his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils : arm him with sail-broad wings for flight ; only touch not with any change his human heart, — the... | |
| Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 pages
...Take him, strip off his robes of flesh, cleanse his vision, put a new breath into his nostrils, but touch not with any change his human heart — the...and trembles." It was done ; and with a mighty angel as guide, the man stood ready for an infinite voyage. They launched without sound or farewell from... | |
| Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 pages
...Take him, strip off his robes of flesh, cleanse his vision, put a new breath into his nostrils, but touch not with any change his human heart — the...and trembles." It was done ; and with a mighty angel as guide, the man stood ready for an infinite voyage. They launched without sound or farewell from... | |
| Joseph William Reynolds - 1880 - 548 pages
...manifestations. Pass from argument to figure — -God called a man from dreams into the vestibule of heaven, " Come thou hither, and see the glory of My house;" and to the angels round His throne, He said — " Take him, strip off his robes of flesh, cleanse his vision,... | |
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