| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...want spectators. God wnnt praise : Millions of spiritual creature* walk the earth !)!.:• u both uhen we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both ri;iv and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...also; and, as Mr. Addison observes, Milton doubtless had an eye on this part of Hesiod, where he say?, Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. Paradise Lost. I cannot help taking particular notice of the beauty and use of our author's... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 632 pages
...following passage : -Nor think, though men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ? Oft in bands, While they keep watch, or nightly... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...following passage : Nor think, though men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ? Oft in bands, While they keep watch, or nightly... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 450 pages
...passage : . — Nor think, though men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket hare we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing... | |
| John Aikin - Literature, Modern - 1807 - 706 pages
...above cited, -- nor think tho" man were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise . Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen,...ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. foraJ. Loit, ir. 61 1, | V«nw nucui. in 1m account of tlie vast transmarine comment, which is taken... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the eurth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep ; All...behold Both day and night. How often from the steep (K echoing hill or thieket have we .heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...the glory of their common Father. This description, probably, gave birth to the following passage:— How often from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket,...midnight air, Sole, or responsive to each other's note, Hymning their great Creator ! Pur. Lett, b. 4. Among the excavations of grotto-work, on the Bogdo '... | |
| John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works hehold Both day and night : How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 416 pages
...glory of their common Father. This description, probably, gave birth to the following passage : — • How often from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket,...heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or resppnsive to each other's note, Hymning their great Creator J Par. Lost, b. 4. / Among the excavations... | |
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