 | William Gresley - 1840 - Počet stránok 414
...as abound in South and other writers of that date. Remember the often quoted lines of Covvper. " Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, where pity should inspire Pathetic exhortation, and t'address The skittish fancy with facetious tales,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Počet stránok 240
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetick exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 470 When... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - Počet stránok 162
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetick exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 470 When... | |
 | 1848 - Počet stránok 658
...ambassador, the great concerns Of judgment and mercy, should beware Of lightneu in his speech. ' ! ' is pitiful To court a grin when you should woo a soul...To break a jest when pity should inspire Pathetic eihortation." Wit and irony are dangerous weapons to be used in defence of sacred truth. Unless more... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1845 - Počet stránok 364
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 840
...is all vrrmg, " and the authority of Cowper was of course brought in to confirm the sentiment. 'Tit pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul, To break a jest when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation; and t'address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1845 - Počet stránok 348
...principle, also cannot fail to condemn any thing like a low anecdote, or a jest, in the pulpit. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1846 - Počet stránok 390
...principle, also cannot fail to condemn any thing like a low anecdote, or a jest, in the pulpit. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation.; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - Počet stránok 310
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in hia speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetick exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - Počet stránok 556
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment, and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, lV hen... | |
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He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic... 
