The Life and Correspondence of the Reverend John Clowes, M.A., ...

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James Speirs, 1882 - 204 sidor

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Sida 41 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Sida 211 - Vindication of Great Men unjustly branded, and at such times, the names prominent to my mind's eye have been Giordano Bruno, Jacob Behmen, Benedict Spinoza, and EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
Sida 212 - I fully concede indeed to Swedenborg what is usually denied him, namely, an extreme sobriety of mind displayed under all the exceptional circumstances of his career, and which ends by making us feel at last his every word to be almost insipid with veracity. I cordially appreciate moreover the rare destitution of wilfulness which characterizes all his researches ; or rather the child-like docility of spirit which leads him to seek and to A * recognize, under all the most contradictory .aspects of...
Sida 207 - I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning.

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