...of theirs, all and sundry, in plain language, and put the question, Whether, on studiously surveying the Universe from their several stations, there was...heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters undtr the earth, nothing visible but this one business, or rather shadow of business, that had an interest...

...Confucius. Had Sims heard and understood, in all likelihood he would only have laughed, for he believed in nothing in "the heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth," excepting his own ill-luck. That was the name by which he designated the effect of idleness as applied...

...that Jesus Christ is the only true and everlasting God, by whom all things were made that are made in the heavens above or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth : that He is, as omnipotent, so omniscient and omnipresent— therefore God." Respecting the offering...

...little thing home and worship it and it will be no sin, for it is not made in the likeness of anything in the heavens* above or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth." It is not necessary to defend his position with regard to the Monitor. He could not foresee the destiny...

...see and feel shall be turned into objects of worship, or else have spent their time in looking into the heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth, as if they held the secret of Him Who is " closer to them than breathing, nearer than hands or feet."...

...colors-- all potencies — all agencies, that can be conceived as existing in the material universe, " in the Heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth". He may be Prospero in reality, Ariel may belt the globe at his bidding and Caliban delve for him in...

...transferred themselves from the enforced idleness of the town to the greater activity of country life. " The heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth, do not contain anything more monstrous than an idle man." Yet how many hundreds of thousands of these...

...impetuous. 'Swounds. Vide note under II. 2. Eisel. Furness says : " This word, as it stands, represents nothing in the heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth." Eat a crocodile. That is, do an impossible thing. Present push. An immediate test. Living monument....

...century. Such a writer as La Mettrie proceeded upon the assumption that no belief concerning anything in the heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth, is worthy of serious consideration unless it can be demonstrated by the methods employed in physical...

...Metaphysics, popular education, theology, political economy; every conceivable topic which can be furnished by the heavens above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth, finds in him an exuberantly confident champion, or a recklessly unscrupulous antagonist, as the case...