...heroic swell of magnanimity, and the generous throb of benevolence, shall look on with princely eye at ' the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.' • No. 43. TO MRS. DUNLOP. Edinburgh, Zltt January, 1788. A.FTER six weeks' confinement, I am beginning...

...nor destruction, but, laying claim to endless being, " Will flourish in immortal youth, " Unhurt amid the war of elements, " The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." But, though the soul be thus distinct from, and independent of, the body in its nature ; yet, it is...

...heroic swell of magnanimity, and the generous throb of benevolence, shall look on with princely eye at " the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." XXXI. TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD. December, 1787SIR, MR. M'Kenzie, in Mauchline, my veij warm and worthy...

...heroic swell of magnanimity, and the generous throb of benevolence, shall look on with princely eye at " the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." XXXI. TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD. December, 1787. SIR, MR. M'Kenzie, in Mauchline, my very warm and worthy...

...me I shall never die. The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself...elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. XVI. — Speech of Henry V. to his Soldiers at the Siege of Harfleur. — SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY V. ONCE...

...never die.The soul, secur'd 'in her existence, smi'rs At the drawn dagger, and defies its point, Tlie stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; But thou shall flourish in immortat youth ; Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the...

...me 1 shall never die* The soul, secur'd in her existence, smi'es At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and "nature sink in years ; Bu< thou shah flourish in immortal youth ; « Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter,...

...whilst vice has its certain punishment. Virtue is the sheet-anchor of the soul, on which she rides, " Unhurt, amidst the war of elements, " The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds !" " Un jour passe dans la pratique, de la vertu et de la reli" gioit, vaut mieux, que toute la vie...

...assistance from Revelation, that the soul is immortal, and ' Will flourish in immortal youth, ,« i Unhurt amidst the war of elements, . , . The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.' But suppose the immortality of the soul proved or granted ; I am only just where I was before, or something...

...greatest effort of architecture, and the sublimest monument of human genius. It still remains uninjured amidst ' the war of elements, the wreck of matter, and ' the crush of worlds.' * i ' . * *. f . i ',.. ^ 7»tl i •'*•«*• ORACLES. Oracles were the invention of Priests to...