 Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost divine in its infinity, its appeal to what is immortal in us, is as distinct, as...  Kidd's Own Journal - Page 3351853Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | American Philosophical Society - 1893 - 806 pages
...shadow, who watches the sky, " sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together, almost human in its passions,...in its tenderness, almost divine in its infinity," he must believe that there is in nature that which is designed to convey thoughts to the human soul... | |
 | 1847 - 574 pages
...its dross, .and. duet. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the • same for two moments together ; almost human in its passions,...it, we never make it a subject of thought, but as it las to do with our; animal sensations; we look upon all by which it speiksa tO' us morp clearly than... | |
 | 1850 - 588 pages
...it from its dross and dust. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions,...is as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or blessing to what is mortal is essential."* There is nothing contracted, nothing narrow here. We look... | |
 | 1850 - 590 pages
...it from its dross and dust. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together ; almost human in its passions,...is as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or blessing to what is mortal is essential."* There is nothing contracted, nothing narrow here. We look... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...it from its dross and dust. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful—never the same for two moments together ; almost human in its passions,...its infinity, its appeal to what is immortal in us as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or of blessing to what is mortal is essential. And yet... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 580 pages
...sometimes capricious, sometimes awful — never the same for two moments together ; almost human in i's passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost...its infinity, its appeal to what is immortal in us as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or of blessing to what is mortal is essential. And yet... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 pages
...is, it is not Too bright, nor good For human nature's daily food ; sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions,...spiritual in its tenderness, almost divine in its affinity; its appeal to what is immortal in us, is as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or of... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...from its dross and dust. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful — never the same for two moments together ; almost human in its passions,...its infinity, its appeal to what is immortal in us as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or of blessing to what is mortal is essential. And yet... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 502 pages
...it from its dross and dust. Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions,...of chastisement or of blessing to what is mortal is §2. The care- essential. And yet we never attend to it, we never make it a which its les- subject... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 500 pages
...is as distinct, as its ministry of chastisement or of blessing to what is mortal is §2. The care- essential. And yet we never attend to it, we never make it a its les- subject of thought, but as it has to do with our animal sensations ; sons are re- we iook... | |
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