 ... come when, I trust, we shall put them off in putting off our corruptible bodies ; when debasement and sin will fall from us with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain, the impalpable principle of life and thought,...  The People's Journal - Page 271edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1885 - 410 pages
...with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain — the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...perhaps to pass through gradations of glory, from the oale human soul to brighten to the ser&ph 1 Surely It will never, on the contrary, be suffered to degenerate... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1890 - 494 pages
...of the spirit will remain — the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left tne Creator to inspire the creature : whence it came it...from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph ! Surely it will never, on the contrary, be suffered to degenerate fiom man to fiend. No ; I cannot... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1893 - 372 pages
...us with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain,—the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph ! Surely it will never, on the contrary, be suffered to degenerate from man to fiend ? No ; I cannot... | |
 | 1896 - 728 pages
...with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain — the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...will return, perhaps again to be communicated to some higher being than man, perhaps to pass through gradations of glory, from the pale human soul to brighten... | |
 | 1896 - 716 pages
...will fall from us with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark will remain — the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...creature ; whence it came it will return, perhaps to pass through gradations of glory, from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph. ... It is... | |
 | Gustav Gottheil - 1896 - 504 pages
...will fall from us with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark will remain — the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...creature : whence it came, it will return, perhaps to pass through gradations of glory. . . . It is a creed in which I delight, to which I cling. It makes... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1897 - 616 pages
...frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain, — the impalpable principle of light and thought, pure as when it left the Creator to inspire...from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph ! Surely it will never, on the contrary, be suffered to degenerate from man to fiend ? No ; I cannot... | |
 | James Oliphant (M.A.) - 1899 - 270 pages
...this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain,—the impalpable spirit of life and thought, pure as when it left the Creator to inspire the creature." And so on. This is only the first half of the speech, but it is more than enough to show how extraordinarily... | |
 | Reginald John Campbell - 1902 - 376 pages
...with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain — the inpalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...communicated to some being higher than man, perhaps to pass though gradations of glory, from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph ! " Positivism and all... | |
 | John Horne - 1904 - 172 pages
...with this cumbrous frame of flesh, and only the spark of the spirit will remain — the impalpable principle of life and thought, pure as when it left...from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph." — Charlotte Bronte. Manners " Upon human passions it ImTuteesbUt is n° d°ubt true that the State... | |
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