 Thousands of thousands of suns, multiplied without end, and ranged all around us, at immense distances from each other, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keeping the...  A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With Reflections ... - Page 399by Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794Full view - About this book
 | Jasper Adams, John Adams - 1793 - 358 pages
...around us, at immenfe diftances from each other, attended by ten tboufand times ten thoufand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular and harmonious, invariably keeping the paths prefcrilykl them ; and thefe worlds, in all probability, peopled with myriads of intelligent beings,... | |
 | Theology - 1803 - 516 pages
...of the Creator ! Thoufands of thoufands of funs, attended by ten thoufand times ten thoufand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keeping the paths prescribed them ; and thofe worlds perhaps, be sufficient to say, that since the design of the holy writings is... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1807 - 612 pages
...all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keepint»«the paths prescribed them ; and these worlds peopled with myriads of intelligent...for endless progression in perfection and felicity." Rapt into such contemplations, we may well add, in the words of the same writer ; " If so much power,... | |
 | 1807 - 682 pages
...of suns, at immense distances from each other;' attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keep'ing the paths prescribed them; and these worlds peopled with myriads of intelligent beings, formed for endless progression in... | |
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...around us, at immense distances from each other ; attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keeping the paths prescribed them ; and these worlds peopled with myriads of intelligent beings, formed far endless progression... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...thousands and thousands of suns, ranged around UK at immense distances, all attended by innumerable worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keeping the paths prescribed them ; and these worlds peopled with myriads of intelligent beings, formed for endless progression... | |
 | 1811 - 710 pages
...around us, at immense distances from each other, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular, and harmonious, invariably keeping the paths prescribed them ; and those worlds peopled with myriads of intelligent beings, formed for endless progression... | |
 | John Bigland, Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1812 - 470 pages
...wisdom and power. The best astronomers and physiologists suppose that these innumerable worlds are peopled with myriads of intelligent beings, formed...for endless progression in perfection and felicity ; and, indeed, a probability of conjecture, nearly approximating to certainly, sanctions the opinion.... | |
 | Elihu Thayer - Congregational churches - 1813 - 390 pages
...us, at inconceivable distances from each other, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm, regular and harmonious, invariably keeping the paths prescribed them, and these worlds peopled with myriads of intelligent creatures capable of progressive and endless... | |
 | Virginia - 1814 - 260 pages
...filled with, thousands upon thousands of those suns, attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds, all in rapid motion,. yet calm, regular and harmonious,...invariably, keeping the paths prescribed to them ; and these k worlds, peopled with " myriads of intelligent beings :" One would think, that this conception, thus... | |
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