It implied' an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only... The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Стр. 554редактор(ы): - 1806Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1858 - Страниц: 348
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and thai he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such... | |
| Life, Clergyman's daughter - 1859 - Страниц: 190
...HYMNS FROM THE LAND OF LUTHER. " HE that would do some great thing in this short life," says Foster, " must apply himself to the work with such a concentration...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." How much more, when the work in which we are engaged concerns the well-being of our souls for eternity!... | |
| William Moore Wooler - 1860 - Страниц: 548
...for them never occurs, and our plans are swept away like chaff before the wind. " He," says Foster, "who would do some great thing in this short life,...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." "Awake, awake !" says GOD ; " put on thy strength." In the Leisure Hour we have an interesting account... | |
| Graduated series - 1861 - Страниц: 504
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance, as the Egyptian pyramids to... | |
| Business life - 1861 - Страниц: 256
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had...looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance, as the Egyptian pyramids to... | |
| 1861 - Страниц: 44
...unconquerable and invariable than the determination of his feelings towards the main object. * * * There was an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. * * * "As his method referred every thing he did and thought to the same end, and his exertion did... | |
| Bridget Margaret Sortain - 1861 - Страниц: 476
...Character. In his enchanting description of the philanthropic Howard, he says of his conduct, ' it implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.' O ! Lord, qualify me by an infusion of a similar spirit of decision. Grant that, in one sense, I may... | |
| Hetty Bowman - 1861 - Страниц: 188
...HYMNS FROM THE LAND OP LUTHER. " HE that would do some great thing in this short life," says Foster, " must apply himself to the work with such a concentration...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." How much more, when the work in which we are engaged concerns the wellbeing of our souls for eternity... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - Страниц: 300
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintahip to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...short life, must apply himself to the work with such a consecration of his forces, as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.... | |
| Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - Страниц: 328
...outbreathing of the soul for knowledge. What says Foster ? " He that would accomplish anything great in this short life, must apply himself to the work...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Murray persevered always enthusiastically. Nothing could quench his ardour, nothing could make him... | |
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