aeonian
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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
Tennyson, on the other hand, was already finding material for poetry in the world as seen through microscope and telescope, and as developed through "aeonian" processes of evolution.
From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew
What was meant by the aeonian punishments in the next world?
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
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
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