This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than... Ten Great Religions - Side 218af James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 528 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| New Church gen. confer - 616 sider
...form." They correspond to each other. Milton has placed the same truth before us in a poetical form — "What surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall...to the other like, more than on earth is thought." I When our Lord says: "Consider the lilies how they grow;" or when He addresses His disciples as the... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 sider
...sublime truth which made Milton put into the mouth of the archangel, when discoursing with Adam: — ' What surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate...As may express them best ; though what if earth Be tut the shadow of heaven, and thinge therein Bach unto other lite, more than on earth ii ihought ?'... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1853 - 500 sider
...Yet whatever we do see, that is excellent and lovely, we may be sure is a counterpart of something * What if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things...to the other like, more than on earth is thought? Milton. in every sense celestial. The flowers of the spring yearly delight us by their return, because... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 sider
...basis or type." And as an illustration he appends the following lines from Milton, — " What if the earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein...Each to the other like, more than on earth is thought ?" Beautiful and true as this is, it no more conveys a just idea of the nature of correspondence than... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 sider
...xxv. 40), and the question suggested by the angel in Milton is often forced upon their meditations : ' What if earth Be but the shadow of heaven ; and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought I ' A Roman Catholic writer in the CombUl Magazine, vol.... | |
| John Evans - 1819 - 444 sider
...enveloped in impenetrable obscurity. The bold genius of Milton however asked — What if EARTH Be but a shadow of Heaven, and things therein, Each to the other like — more than on earth is thought ? 1. We have reason to believe that one of the employments of HEAVEN will be the contemplation of THE... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sider
...The secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal ? yet for thy good This is dispens'd ; and Before him chasing indolence and crimes. Still as he pass'd, Sic nations he sublimes, corporal forms, As may express them best ; though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things... | |
| 1820 - 120 sider
...Con tanto ordine fé', eh' esser non puote Senza gustar di lui chi ciò remira. DANTE, Paradiso, X. What if earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things therein Each to each other like, more than on earth is thought ? MILTON, Par. Lost. V. 5T4. SECOND EDITION. LONDON:... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 342 sider
...world, perhaps : Not lawful to reveal ? yet for thy good 570 This is diapcnsM ; and what surmounts tha reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As mhy express them best : tho' what if Earth 574 Be but the shadow' of Heav'n, and... | |
| John Milton - 1821 - 226 sider
...thy good This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, Ey likening spiritual to corporeal forms, As may express...but the shadow of Heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought ? As yet this world was not, and Chaos wild Reign'd where... | |
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