The Gates Wide Open; Or, Scenes in Another WorldLee and Shepard, 1870 - 340 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page vii
... speaking of a poor widow who labored hard to procure the means of subsistence , says , " her ideas of heaven were few and simple . She rejected the doctrine that it was a place of con- stant activity , and not of repose ; and believed ...
... speaking of a poor widow who labored hard to procure the means of subsistence , says , " her ideas of heaven were few and simple . She rejected the doctrine that it was a place of con- stant activity , and not of repose ; and believed ...
Page xiii
... speak of his Seven Senses - Peter's Explanation - Gives his Views of the Discussions- Laurens resumes his Narrative - Mrs . Jay's Story of a Learned Lady of the East - The Search for the Absolute - Sir William Hamilton and Plato ...
... speak of his Seven Senses - Peter's Explanation - Gives his Views of the Discussions- Laurens resumes his Narrative - Mrs . Jay's Story of a Learned Lady of the East - The Search for the Absolute - Sir William Hamilton and Plato ...
Page 26
... Beauty . I use the language of earth in so speaking , for in the mind of God there are no sequences . " " You will have your longings fully met in this , God's world of art and beauty , said Mrs. Colgate , 26 THE GATES WIDE OPEN ; OR ,
... Beauty . I use the language of earth in so speaking , for in the mind of God there are no sequences . " " You will have your longings fully met in this , God's world of art and beauty , said Mrs. Colgate , 26 THE GATES WIDE OPEN ; OR ,
Page 30
... speaking of heavenly fruits , tells Adam : " Yet God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights As may compare with heaven ; and to taste Think not I shall be nice . ' So down they sat And to the viands fell ; nor seemingly The ...
... speaking of heavenly fruits , tells Adam : " Yet God hath here Varied his bounty so with new delights As may compare with heaven ; and to taste Think not I shall be nice . ' So down they sat And to the viands fell ; nor seemingly The ...
Page 36
... speak , I have no power to appre- hend these great thoughts from the completeness of my present existence . The measure of my capacity will doubtless be enlarged , but no measure can be more than full . " " Pray do not perplex my mind ...
... speak , I have no power to appre- hend these great thoughts from the completeness of my present existence . The measure of my capacity will doubtless be enlarged , but no measure can be more than full . " " Pray do not perplex my mind ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adam and Eve admiration Amelia Anastasius Angela asked auto-da-fé beautiful Beethoven Carthage century child Christ Christian church circle Colgate Count Gratz cried dance day-dawn deacon dear delight dress earth eminent exclaimed eyes father Faustinus and Calliste Flavianus forever Frankie friend Peter gazing George Thomson girl glad glorious glory grace happy heard heart heaven Holy husband Jay and Peter Jay's John Chrysostom Jones Laurens leave light listening living look madam martyrdom mind Mishael morning mother Nero never once oratorio palace Paul Perpetua Persis Peter Schlemihl petua pietists Plato pleasure Pray reached Redeemed regarded replied Roman Rome rose saints saloon Saviour seats seen Sir William Hamilton smile soon soul speak stars stood sweet tell temple Thomson thought Tibertius tion told walked wife women wonderful words
Popular passages
Page 302 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 106 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Page 66 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 265 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
Page 42 - Christians here, and of these we have a great multitude which no man can number. of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues.
Page 352 - To him that hath loved me, and washed me from my sins in his own blood, to him be glory both now and forever.
Page 215 - British, to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistible impulse ; derived neither from education nor from habit, but from nature...
Page 106 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 97 - Commander : he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tow'r ; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch Angel ruin'd, and th...
Page 96 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The Old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.