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ENGRAVED DESIGNS OF WILLIAM BLAKE
165. II. A figure prone on the grouncL Reason or the ratio of all ive have
already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
2iXif in.
(No copy of proposition III is known. IV and V are apparently
without designs.)
166. VI. ** A nude figure seated on the ground in an attitude of despair."
(Keynes.) If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing, despair
must be his eternal lot.
2|Xif in.
167. VII. ** A nude figure with outstretched arms rises out of clouds."
(Keynes.) The desire of Man being Infinite the possession is Infinite and
himself Infinite.
2§ Xif in.
168. Application.
** An old man kneeling on the ground and drawing with a pair of
compasses." (Keynes.) He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only.
2 X if in.
169. A nude form lying on a bank, with rays of light about his head.
Therefore God becomes as we are, that we may be as he is.
2§ Xifin.
[170-179]. All Religions are One.
This little tract, doubtless of about the same date as There is No
Natural Religion, is known only by one copy, which belonged to
Linnell and is now in the collection of Mr. H. E. Huntington. All
the plates are reproduced by Keynes, p. 95, and the descriptions
here given are from those reproductions. All except the title-page
are printed in ** shades of green," and not coloured.
170. Title-page.
An old man with a book on his lap seated by a stone tablet
inscribed All Religions are One. Behind this stands an angel.
2 X i§ in.
Printed in black. This title-page is known only from a proof
impression reproduced by Mr. William Muir in his facsimile of There
is No Natural Religion. The title-page in the only known copy of
All Religions are One has been supplied by that which belongs
properly to There is No Natural Religion.
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165. II. A figure prone on the grouncL Reason or the ratio of all ive have
already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
2iXif in.
(No copy of proposition III is known. IV and V are apparently
without designs.)
166. VI. ** A nude figure seated on the ground in an attitude of despair."
(Keynes.) If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing, despair
must be his eternal lot.
2|Xif in.
167. VII. ** A nude figure with outstretched arms rises out of clouds."
(Keynes.) The desire of Man being Infinite the possession is Infinite and
himself Infinite.
2§ Xif in.
168. Application.
** An old man kneeling on the ground and drawing with a pair of
compasses." (Keynes.) He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only.
2 X if in.
169. A nude form lying on a bank, with rays of light about his head.
Therefore God becomes as we are, that we may be as he is.
2§ Xifin.
[170-179]. All Religions are One.
This little tract, doubtless of about the same date as There is No
Natural Religion, is known only by one copy, which belonged to
Linnell and is now in the collection of Mr. H. E. Huntington. All
the plates are reproduced by Keynes, p. 95, and the descriptions
here given are from those reproductions. All except the title-page
are printed in ** shades of green," and not coloured.
170. Title-page.
An old man with a book on his lap seated by a stone tablet
inscribed All Religions are One. Behind this stands an angel.
2 X i§ in.
Printed in black. This title-page is known only from a proof
impression reproduced by Mr. William Muir in his facsimile of There
is No Natural Religion. The title-page in the only known copy of
All Religions are One has been supplied by that which belongs
properly to There is No Natural Religion.
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