| Arminianism - 1881 - 1046 pages
...Last J.udgment, contains a similar explanation of the wonderful sights with which he was favoured. ' I assert, for myself, that I do not behold the outward...not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? " O no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying : " Holy, holy, holy is the... | |
| 1865 - 810 pages
...in vision. He was surrounded with strange sights and sounds which nobody else saw or heard. " What ! when the sun rises do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea ?" he supposes gome one to ask, and he answers, " Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the... | |
| English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...Soon after, in some curious notes on a design of the ' Last Judgment,' Blake remarks:— ' I assort for myself that I do not behold the outward creation,...not see a round disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea f Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host, crying Holy, holy, holy is the Lord... | |
| 1865 - 538 pages
...vision. He was snirounded with strange sights and sounds "which nobody else saw or heard. " What ! when the sun rises do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea 1 " he supposes some one to ask, and he answers, " Oh ! no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1867 - 284 pages
...surpass In heauty that bright shape of vital stone Which drew the heart out of Pygmalion." ******* •" I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that for me it is hindrance, and not action. Wliat, it will be questioned, mken, tlie sun rises, do you... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1873 - 772 pages
...not till then, truth, or eternity, will appear. It is burned up the moment men cease to behold it. I assert, for myself, that I do not behold the outward creation ; and that to me it is hinderance, and not action. ' What ! ' it will be questioned : ' when the sun rises, do you not see... | |
| 1875 - 782 pages
...with tender grace, and both of the most imaginative sort. They show what Blake meant when he said, " I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward...'What!' it will be questioned, ' when the sun rises, do yon not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a guinea? ' Oh! no, no! I see an innumerable company... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - Publishers' bindings - 1875 - 300 pages
...appear to him infinitely more perfect and more minutely organized, than anything seen by his mortal eye I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that to me it would be a hindrance, and not action. I question not my corporeal eye any more than I would question... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 274 pages
...he had often said before : " My beloved, they are not mine ; no, they are not mine." He had written: "I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward creation, and that it is hindrance, not action ! ' What ! ' it will be questioned, ' when the sun rises, do you not see... | |
| Burlington Fine Arts Club - Art, English - 1876 - 80 pages
...be joined ; neither ought anyone to attempt it, for it is idolatry, and destroys the soul.' .... ' I assert for myself that I do not behold the outward...questioned, " when the sun rises, do you not see a disc of fire, somewhat like a guinea ? " Oh, no, no ! I see an innumerable company of the heavenly... | |
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