aeonian
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In memory of John Greenleaf Whittier, September 7, 1892," and this verse: "Some sweet morning, yet in God's Dim aeonian periods, Joyful I shall wake to see Those I love, who rest in Thee.
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Man, again, has a certain aeonian life; possibly ranging somewhere about the period of seventy years assigned in the Psalms.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
I myself know nothing certain for or against this belief; but, supposing the case to be as it is represented, then this would be the aeonian period of these animals, considered as individuals.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
To invest them with aeonian privileges, is in effect, and by its results, to distrust and to insult the Deity.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
Among trees, in like manner, the oak, the cedar, the yew, are notoriously of very slow growth, and their aeonian period is unusually long as regards the individual.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
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