 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
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 604
...their God has given grace To read, to heed, 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. Sir Walter Si:ult. CALVARY. BY MHS. SOUTHEY. DOWN from the willow bough My slumbering harp I'll take,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - Počet stránok 548
...bosom, she replied : 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 idle — they call me dull —... | |
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 728
...Lord has given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force their way ; And better had they ne'er been born. Who read to doubt, or read to scom. In the papal doctrine of a living expositor of the written Word, we have, after all, something... | |
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 902
...renew you ? that you may not expose yourself to that doom described by the poet : ' But better bad they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.' Middlesbro' Dec. 22nd, 1855. W. LENNARD. AÍI АШШШГГ FROM ALARM. 'Among the lowest and most universal... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - 1858 - Počet stránok 360
...this awful volume lies, The mystery of mysteries. Oh ! happiest they of human race, To whom our God has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray,...ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." In Las Casas's Journal, this record is made concerning BONAPARTE : " The emperor ended the conversation... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - Počet stránok 372
...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. Many a fathom dark and deep I have laid the book to sleep ; Ethereal fires around it glowing — Ethereal... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - Počet stránok 444
...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. Many a fathom dark and deep I have laid the book to sleep ; Ethereal fires around it glowing — Ethereal... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - Počet stránok 806
...WITHIN this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race. To whom their God has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray,...ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. SCOTT. WILLIAM TINDAL. ABOUT 330 years ago, William Tindal translated the New Testament into English.... | |
 | John Campbell (of Tolbooth church, Edinb.), John Gordon Lorimer (D.D.) - 1859 - Počet stránok 390
...: Thrice happy they, of human race, To whom our God has given the grace To read, to mark, to learn to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ! But...better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, and read to scorn." I believe these lines are not the writing of Lord Byrou, but of another modern... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1859 - Počet stránok 242
...human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. " This packet is from Aunt Honora. She is always such a dear, kind aunt. Oh, Mary, it is a desk ! —... | |
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