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... Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc - الصفحة 203المحررون: - 1820عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Sydney (pseud.) - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 74
...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 — or read to scorn." It is difficult, Mr. Editor, to peruse these lines without being moved by their touchingness and simplicity,... | |
| Thomas Carpenter (schoolmaster.) - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...God has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way : But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Would to God that all were impressed with the beauty, sublimity, and importance of these words! and... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...God has given grace, To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force' the way ; But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." • With regard to Bumaparte, we have nothing so satisfactory as in tie case of Bvron, that might lead... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...! 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...Glendinning. " They call me idle — they call me dull — in this pursuit my industry shall not fail, nor, with God's blessing, shall my understanding.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...! 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...volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. " They call me idle—they call me dull—• in this pursuit my industry shall not fail, nor, with God's hlessing,... | |
| J. Sadler - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 518
...race To whom 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 ! Sir Walter Scott. which He commanded them to search, for they testified of Him, and which they acknowledged... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...God, has given grace, To hear, to read, to four, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." With regard to Buonaparte, we have nothing so satisfactory aa in the case of Byron, that might lead... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 690
...God hsui given grace, To hoar, to read, to fear, la pray. To lift the latch, and force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read U> scorn." With regard to Buonaparte, we have nothing so satisfactory as in the case of Byron, that... | |
| T. H. Hudson - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 338
...Happiest they of human race, To whom their God has given 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, Than read to doubt, or read to scorn."» " What surprises me," says Saurin, " what frightens me is,... | |
| Emerson Davis - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 116
...of human race, To whom our God has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, and pray. » * * * # But better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." The Bible is the book from which those lessons of moral instruction are to be derived, with which the... | |
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