 | 1813 - 662 pages
...fractions1 becomes a coinplete whole, which comprehends all things, and in which all things are modified, from the death of an insect to the birth of a world; each minute is in itself a little eternity. Combine then, at the same moment, in imagination, the most... | |
 | Timothy Flint - 1828 - 828 pages
...fractions becomes a complete whole, which comprehends every thing 5 and in which all things are modified, from the death of an insect to the birth of a world. Every minute is in itself a little eternity. Bring tof ether then in thought the most beautiful accidents... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 pages
...Author of nature has seen fit to unite the absolute and relative progress of succession, as well as of motion, in his beautiful work of creation. The one...the seasons — a morning of spring, and a morning in autumn — a burning noon of summer, and a noon of frost and snow — a night bespangled with stars,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...Author of nature has seen fit to unite the absolute and relative progress* of succession', as well as of motion', in his beautiful work of creation'. The one...together', then', in thought', the most beautiful accidents6 of nature'. Suppose you see', at the same moment',0 all the hours of the day', and all the... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 386 pages
...same'. By the other', they are multiplied', finished', and renewed'. Without the one', there'would be no grandeur in creation'. Without the other', it...accidents'' of nature'. Suppose you see', at the same moment',0 all the hours of the day', and all the aspects of the seasons' — a morning of spring',... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand, Charles Ignatius White - 1856 - 780 pages
...fractions becomes a complete whole, which comprehends all things, and in which all things transpire, from the death of an insect to the birth of a world ; each minute is in itself a little eternity. Combine, then, at the same moment, in imagination, the... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1909 - 508 pages
...fractions becomes a complete whole, which comprehends all things, and in which all things transpire, from the death of an insect to the birth of a world; each minute is in itself a little eternity. Combine, then, at the same moment, in imagination, the... | |
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The one is placed in time, the other in space. — By the one, the beauties of the universe are perpetual, infinite, always the same. By the other they are multiplied, finished and renewed. — Without the one, there would be no grandeur in creation.... 