 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 ページ
...either past or to come: to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven : " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last." ' For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them; and... | |
 | 1803 - 342 ページ
...is cither past or to come : to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; and think... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 ページ
...is either past or to come ; to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal NOW does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; and think... | |
 | 1817 - 798 ページ
...In the Davideis, Book I., it is said of heaven — Ou no smoutli sphere the restless seasons bilde, No circling- motion doth swift time divide ; Nothing is there to come and nothing past, But nn eternal now does ever la»t. Watts, on God's Eternity, Book II. Ц. 17, says — While like a tide... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 322 ページ
...; On no smooth sphere the restless seasons slide, No circling motion doth swift time divide ; 3(i0 Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. There sits th' Almighty, First of all, and End ; Whom nothing but himself can comprehend ; Who with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 ページ
...twilight of the Sun's dull ray Glimmers upon the pure and native day ; No pale-fac'd Moon does in stol'n beams appear, Or with dim taper scatters darkness...there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now docs always last. There sits th' Almighty, First of all, and End ; Whom nothing but himself can comprehend... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1819 - 298 ページ
...is either past or to come: to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes, in his description of heaven ; Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal NOW does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; and think... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 ページ
...Explain upon a thing till all men douht it ; And write ahout it, Goddess, and ahout itf . 4 Example " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.*" Anali/sis. What an insatiahle thirst hath this hastard philosophy for ahsurdity and contradiction !... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 ページ
...the pure and native day ; No pale-faced moon does in stolen beams appear, Or with dim taper scatter darkness there ; On no smooth sphere the restless...nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. There sits the' Almighty, First of all, and End ; Whom nothing but himself can comprehend ; Who with... | |
 | 1823 - 392 ページ
...is either past or to come: to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven: Nothing is there to come, and nothing past. But an eternal now does always last. " For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them : and... | |
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On no smooth sphere the restless seasons slide, No circling motion doth swift time divide ; Nothing is there To come, and nothing Past, But an Eternal Now does always last. 
