Our Christian Classics: Readings from the Best Divines, Volume 3James Nisbet and Company, 1858 - Christian literature, English |
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... Great Nature for the key of her huge chest Of heav'ns , the self - involving set of spheres , ( Which dull mortality more feels than hears ) , Then rouse the nest Of nimble art , and traverse round The airy shop of soul - appeasing ...
... Great Nature for the key of her huge chest Of heav'ns , the self - involving set of spheres , ( Which dull mortality more feels than hears ) , Then rouse the nest Of nimble art , and traverse round The airy shop of soul - appeasing ...
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| Title | Our Christian Classics: Readings from the Best Divines, Volume 3 Our Christian Classics: Readings from the Best Divines, James Hamilton Volume 3 of Our Christian Classics: Readings from the Best Divines, with Notices of Biographical and Critical, James Hamilton |
| Author | James Hamilton |
| Publisher | James Nisbet and Company, 1858 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Apr 2006 |
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