 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 páginas
...agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it muft be a profpeft pleafing to God himfelf, to fee his creation for ever beautifying...drawing nearer to him by greater degrees of refemblance. METHINKS this fingle confide ration, of the procefs of a finite fpiritto perfection, will be fufficientto... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 páginas
...п. To grow beautiful ; to advance in beauty. It must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him by greatjr degrees of resemblance. Addison. BEAUTY. «. j. [beauté, Fr.] i. That assemblage of graces,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 páginas
...to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation forever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 páginas
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to lu'm, b\ greater degrees of resemblance. X 2 Metbinks this single consideration, of the progress of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 páginas
...ambition, which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes ; and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a fir nite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 páginas
...agreeable to that ambition, which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, ifmuft be a profpecl pleaiing to God himfelf, to fee his creation for ever beautifying...; and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of referoblance. Methinks this fingla conflJerati^n, ef the progrefs of » finite fpirit to perfection,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 páginas
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Charles Peirce - 1811 - 266 páginas
...ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes ; and drawing nearer to him, by. greater degrees of resemblance.. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811 - 606 páginas
...natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself to sec his creatures for ever beautifying in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Mcthinhs itns single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 páginas
...it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying VOL. in. s in his eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater degrees of resemblance. Methinks this single consideration, of the progress of a finite spirit to perfection,... | |
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... adding virtue to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge ; carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man. Nay, it must be a prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his creation for ever beautifying... 
