10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDEVOUT»
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Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer ...
One artifact that the Mitchell children particularly liked was a long piece of wood
painted with the slogan "An undevout astronomer is mad." When they played in
the attic, they used it as a mast for a makeshift ship, which they called the ...
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The Works in Verse and Prose
An undevout astronomer is mad." Young. [Written Nov. 17, 1790.] .Bright is the
sun beam, smiling after showers ; Sweet are the pleasures of the rural groves,
When pearls, unnumbered, deck the morning grass ; But sweeter still the joys of ...
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The Works Of The Author Of The Night-Thoughts: In Three Volumes
unclmstian, but under/lion! too : for, if there is a God, all our affections are too
feeble, all the wings of our soul are too few, to be put forth in pursuit of his favour;
and being languid in devotion, is, being solemnly undevout. If there is a God, ...
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The Third Edition, Corrected
Edward Young. too feeble, all the wings of our soul are too few, to be put forth in
pursuit of his . favour; and being languid in Devotion, is, being solemnly undevout
. If there is a God, he gave us our paffions, as well as our reason; they, therefore,
...
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The works of Edward Young, D. D. author of Night thoughts. ...
It is an undevout age : and will you not be surprised to hear me say, that ours is
an undevout period of life ? — Yet it is most certain, that there is a tenderness of
heart, and a susceptibility of awe, with regard to God as well as man, in youth, ...
Hence his attack, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, on Lucretian poetry
which is ostensibly philosophical, but actually undermines divine truth: I have
heard it said that an undevout astronomer is mad. [. . .] Much more truly, however,
...
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Discourses and Sayings of Our Lord
A poet has said, "An undevout astronomer is mad." What shall we say of an
undevout theologian? Yet such madmen may exist. Alas! it is to be feared, they
are no rarities. I know nothing more calculated to sear the conscience and to
ossify the ...
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
Undetesting,undētes′ting, adj. not detesting. Undeveloped, undēvel′opt, adj.
not developed. Undeviating,undē′viāting, adj.notdeviating: steady: regular.—
adv.Undē ′viatingly. Undevout, undēvowt′, adj. not devout.—adv.Undevout′
ly.
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The Christian's Penny Magazine
"The undevout Astronomer is mad," says. a wise writer ; and must we not form the
same opinion of an undevout Geologist ? Professors of natural science there
have been, and those of great name, who have pursued their investigations and
...
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The Centaur Not Fabulous: In Five Letters to a Friend, on ...
In Five Letters to a Friend, on the Life in Vogue Edward Young. in the pride of
instructing, lose the prudence of safety. You and I, my friend! lie under
twodisadvantages in this point: The world's example, and our own years. It is an
undevout ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDEVOUT»
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Marginalized A-mur-ica
Living in one of the most religious parts of the state, our family is perhaps scandalously undevout, save for these intermittent holiday stints. So far down perdition ... «Daily Californian, Apr 15»
KOHRMAN: Semi-Semitism
Slipping my silenced cell phone into my jacket's breast pocket, I was struck by the question that strikes the undevout when attending religious services: “Why am ... «Yale Daily News, Oct 14»
Black holes rapidly spinning and twisting spacetime
I feel sorry for the undevout, well we undevout feel sorry for the uneducated masses. Before you criticize science, learn a little science. March 1, 2013 at 11:03 ... «CNN, Feb 13»
Gibbon's 'earliest use of irony' revealed by manuscript
He later renounced Catholicism and reverted to being a conforming, if undevout, member of the Church of England. Explore further: New genome sequencing ... «Phys.Org, Aug 12»
Lament, Confession and The Politics of Jesus.
... not occur, because, though they have fellowship with one another as believers and as devout people, they do not have fellowship as the undevout, as sinners. «Patheos, Jul 12»
Satellite of love and fear: How the moon has lit up the human …
He speaks of the "mathmatic glories of the skies" that merely underline the ingenuity of their creator. As he writes, "the undevout astronomer is mad". Goethe was ... «The Independent, Mar 11»
