 Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read...  Notes and Queries - Strana 1471879Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - Počet stránok 694
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray. To lift the latch and force the way ; / And forge ourselves. George Eliot. Our deeds are like children born to us ; Scott, Happily to steer / From grave to gay, from 35 lively to severe. Pope. Happiness consists in... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1893 - Počet stránok 638
...Lord has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." GOETHE made the remark : " I am convinced that the Bible grows in beauty the more we understand it,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - Počet stránok 698
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. " They call me idler — they call me dull —... | |
 | 1895 - Počet stránok 430
...this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Oh ! happiest they of haman race, To whom our God his given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To...they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to acorn. HENRY. • " TWO SHALL BE BORN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD APART." Will SOme reader give the poem of... | |
 | 1895 - Počet stránok 768
...their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Scott, Monastery, i. 12. BIBLIOGBAPHT. His very- name a title-page, and nert His life a commentary... | |
 | 1895 - Počet stránok 840
...has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and find the way. Better [30] had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. In general let us be thankful first for the rich variety of style and authorship in the [30] sacred... | |
 | David James Burrell - 1895 - Počet stránok 380
...mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom the Lord hath given grace To read, to think, to fear, to pray. To lift the latch and force the way." In addition to the foregoing truths there are two others which are emblematically written upon the... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - Počet stránok 382
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. — Scorr. Like the needle to the North Pole, the Bible points to heaven. — RB NICHOI.. There are... | |
 | 1896 - Počet stránok 1224
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way : And overnment th 21 6. Scorr— Monastery. Ch. XII. But Thy good word informs my soul How I may climb to heaven. c. WATTS—... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - Počet stránok 526
...War, Bk. VII., XXVI. " Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay." TENNYSON. Locksley HalL " Better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt or read in scorn." SIR W. SCOTT. The Monastery, Ck. XII. " (My) better half." SIR P. SIDNEY. Areadia, Bk. III.... | |
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