Philosophia Musarum, containing Pan, a pastoral of the first age, with other poems and fragments, a supplement, consisting of fugitive pieces and collections, and some philosophical notesVan de Casteels-Werbrouck, 1843 - 290 pages |
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... Nature ; and all apear to have on obvious relation to the doctrine of the Catholic Church . But , what is most remarkable , the ancient tra- ditions which relate to the future life of man , also includ that of other animals : and the ...
... Nature ; and all apear to have on obvious relation to the doctrine of the Catholic Church . But , what is most remarkable , the ancient tra- ditions which relate to the future life of man , also includ that of other animals : and the ...
Page xiv
... Nature has hung between visi- ble effects and their invisible causes ; and lead us to questions which surpass our limited facul- ties , if not kept within due bounds . As these studies , however , tend to strengthen our belief in a ...
... Nature has hung between visi- ble effects and their invisible causes ; and lead us to questions which surpass our limited facul- ties , if not kept within due bounds . As these studies , however , tend to strengthen our belief in a ...
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... nature ; long habit alone having placed animal food among the imaginary necessities of life . It has been objected to this notion , That other animals who follow the instincts of nature , prey on each other . This is true ; but why , I ...
... nature ; long habit alone having placed animal food among the imaginary necessities of life . It has been objected to this notion , That other animals who follow the instincts of nature , prey on each other . This is true ; but why , I ...
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... nature is afflicted . Sacred history and all the antient traditions of the East represent the permission to kill and devour flesh as being given to man , in conséquence of the ravages of the flood or of some other equi- valent disaster ...
... nature is afflicted . Sacred history and all the antient traditions of the East represent the permission to kill and devour flesh as being given to man , in conséquence of the ravages of the flood or of some other equi- valent disaster ...
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... Nature , prodigal in her gifts to wayward and ungrateful man , cannot have painted the cluste- ring grape with such a tempting purple nor gilded others with such an alluring yellow , without meaning man to taste the delicious juice ...
... Nature , prodigal in her gifts to wayward and ungrateful man , cannot have painted the cluste- ring grape with such a tempting purple nor gilded others with such an alluring yellow , without meaning man to taste the delicious juice ...
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Page 220 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 219 - I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Page 220 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Page 217 - Though while he lived he blessed his soul : and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers ; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Page 238 - Ille potens sui Laetusque deget, cui licet in diem Dixisse, ' Vixi : cras vel atra Nube polum Pater occupato ' Vel sole puro : non tamen irritum, 45 Quodcumque retro est, efficiet : neque Diffinget infectumque reddet, Quod fugiens semel hora vexit.
Page 273 - Good, to whom all things ill Are but as slavish officers of vengeance, Would send a glistering guardian, if need were, To keep my life and honour unassailed...
Page 162 - He has stretched him quietly down at length, To bask in the starlight his giant strength; And Time shall here a tough morsel find, For his steel-devouring teeth to grind.
Page 162 - Merrily, merrily, let us all sing and make the old telescope rattle and ring. Full fifty years did he laugh at the storm, and the blast could not shake his majestic form. Now prone he lies, where he once stood high and searched the deep heaven with his broad bright eye.
Page xvii - Bacchi munera, non illls epulae nocuere repostae: frondibus et victu pascuntur simplicis herbae, pocula sunt fontes liquid! atque exercita cursu flumina, nee somnos abrumpit cura salubris.
Page 125 - Though now so hollow , dead , and cold ; For in thy form is yet descried The traces left of young Desire , The Painter's art , the Statesman's pride , The Muse's song , the Poet's fire ; But these , forsooth ; now seem to be Mere Bumps on thy Periphery.