Compages

And, as for all that compages of external bodies you contend for, I shall grant you its existence, though you cannot either give me any reason why you believe it exists, or assign any use to it when it is supposed to exist. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Like Kant, he was especially impressed, in this connection, by the marvelous compages of the starry heavens above: ❋ 1932- (2000)

The world of our bodies, of the bodies and spirits of others, and all the vast _compages_ of things and forces which we call 'Nature' blinds and baffles us, mocks our hopes and breaks our hearts. ❋ Francis Sydney Marvin (1903)

* Elegantissima hæcce compages solis, planetarum et cometarum: [17] 1 ❋ 1823-1886 (1855)

British Constitution: -- "_Octingentorum annorum fortuna disciplinaque compages hæc coaluit; quæ convelli sine convellentium exitio non potest_." ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

Gentile world, and their expectation of Christ and the gospel, which is an exposition very foreign and forced, but the whole frame of nature, especially that of this lower world -- the whole creation, the compages of inanimate and sensible creatures, which, because of their harmony and mutual dependence, and because they all constitute and make up one world, are spoken of in the singular number as the creature. ❋ Unknown (1721)

It believes that a soul has been clad in flesh; that tender parents have fed and nurtured it; that its mysterious _compages_ or frame-work has survived its myriad exposures and reached the stature of maturity; that the Man, now self-determining, has given in his adhesion to the traditions and habits of the race in favor of artificial clothing; that he will, having all the world to choose from, select the very locality where this audacious generalization has been acted upon. ❋ Various (N/A)

It believes that a soul has been clad in flesh; that tender parents have fed and nurtured it; that its mysterious compages or frame-work has survived its myriad exposures and reached the stature of maturity; that the Man, now self-determining, has given in his adhesion to the traditions and habits of the race in favor of artificial clothing; that he will, having all the world to choose from, select the very locality where this audacious generalization has been acted upon. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

Newton, “Elegantissima hæcce compages solis, planetarum et cometarum ❋ 1823-1886 (1855)