 | 1803 - 376 pages
...worship^RTt only that they might by the magnificence of the .building, invite the deity to reside wilhin it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that is majestic imprints an awfulness and reverence on the min^l of the beholder,... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same time, open the mind tp vast conceptions, and fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that is... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that -is majestic, imprints an awfulness and reverence on the mind of the beholder,... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...not only that they misiht, by the magnificence of the building, invite the dehy to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...conceptions, and fit it to converse with the divinity of the plaie. For every thing that is majestic imprints an awfulne?* and reverence on the mind of the beholder,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 362 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that is majestic imprints an awfulness and reverence on the mind of the beholder, and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. * To give work to, — is a little hard and inelegant. He might hare said, to amuse the man of speculation.... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 342 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that is majestic imprints an awfulness and reverence on the minds of the beholder,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 322 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might, at the same...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that is majestic imprints an awfulness and reverence on the mind of the beholder, and... | |
 | 1824 - 268 pages
...not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite the Deity to reside within it, but that such stupendous works might at the same time...fit it to converse with the divinity of the place. For every thing that is majestic imprints an awfulness and reverence on the mind of the beholder, and... | |
 | 1832 - 280 pages
...hot only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite .the deity to reside within it, 'but that such stupendous works might at the same...mind to vast conceptions, and fit it to converse with thejlivinity of the place. For every thing that is.majestic imprints an awfulness and reverence an... | |
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We are obliged to devotion for the noblest buildings that have adorned the several countries of the world. It is this which has set men at work on temples and public places of worship, not only that they might, by the magnificence of the building, invite... 
