aeonian
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Evil would not be evil, if it had that power of self-subsistence which is imputed to it in supposing its aeonian life to be co-eternal with that which crowns and glorifies the good.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
What was meant by the aeonian punishments in the next world?
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
We are not summoned as to a choice of two different arrangements that may suit different tastes, but to a grave question as to what is the sense and operation of the word aeonian.
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
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