 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
 | Henry Twells - 1864 - Počet stránok 318
...human race, To whom our God hath given grace To hear, to read, to love, 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 ! SIR w. SCOTT. 108. THE BLESSING OF A CONCEALED FUTURE. [From THE ESSAY on MAN.] HEAVEN from all creatures... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - Počet stránok 332
...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 idle — they call me dull — in... | |
 | 1887 - Počet stránok 1332
...a whetstone, ie, he has met his match. Latin. 2. The razor cannot shave itself. 190 Reading. 1. And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt or read to scorn. Walter Scott. 2. By reading a man antedates his life and makes himself contemporary with ages past.... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1890 - Počet stránok 458
...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. —SCOTT. PHILIP AVON was right. It was no phantom he, attended by Tubal Kish and two officers, followed... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - 1890 - Počet stránok 548
...stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love. And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Dreams. Shakspere. Scott. Hunt half a day for a forgotten dream. Wordsworth. Who has not felt how sadly... | |
 | 1891 - Počet stránok 558
...Morlality. BIBLE. Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! — The Monastery. BIBLE. And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. —Ibid. WOMAN. Woman's faith and woman's trust Write the characters in dust. — The Betrolhed. PERSEYERANCE.... | |
 | 1891 - Počet stránok 608
...Mortality. BIBLE. Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! — The Monastery. BIBLE. And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. — Ibid. WOMAN. Woman's faith and woman's trust Write the characters in dust. — The Betrothed. PERSEVERANCE.... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1891 - Počet stránok 540
...Mortality. BIBLE. Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! — The Monastery. BIBLE. And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. WOMAN. -Ibid. Woman's faith and woman's trust Write the characters in dust. — The Betrothed. PERSEVERANCE.... | |
 | Walter Jenkinson Kaye - 1891 - Počet stránok 350
...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. WHEN the tempest's at the loudest, On its gale the eagle rides ; When the ocean rolls the proudest,... | |
 | 1893 - Počet stránok 390
...of human race, To whom God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lilt the latch, to force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born, • Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. 8. Robert Wood, in his work, " Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer," London, 1824, p.... | |
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