 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 416 דפים
...reminded, at once, of those beautiful lines: " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...pretensions rise; The son of parents passed into the skies." duty, I am afraid it is only an attempt to build up a fabric of my own; and if I neglect it, the case... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 460 דפים
...at once, of those beautiful lines : " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise ; The »on of parents passed into the skiei." the effect of great humility. Finding myself so deceived here,... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1839 - 510 דפים
...at once, of those beautiful lines : " My boast is not that I deduce my birth " From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth, " But higher far my proud pretensions rise — " The soil of parents passed into the skies." disposition, is made better. On the contrary, I fear they are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 דפים
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents past into the skies. And now, farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 דפים
...beautiful sentiment of Cowper — " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, or rulers of the earth, But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The ion of parents passed into the skies." "HINDER ME NOT;" A SHORT SERMON. " Hinder me not."— Gen. xiiy.... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1832 - 482 דפים
...are several strong points of resemblance — will be reminded, at once, of those beautiful lines : ' My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins...earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise; The child of parents passed into the skies.' 'I feel inclined to hope that I am progressing, though by... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 דפים
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions...rise— The son of parents passed into the skies. And now, farewell! Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, yet what I wished is done. By contemplation's... | |
 | 1832 - 406 דפים
...thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. And now farewell — Time unrevoked has run His wonted course, vat what I wished is done. By contemplation's... | |
 | 1832 - 418 דפים
...Author of " Interesting Narratives," &c. " My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthfon'd, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud...rise — The son of parents passed into the skies. " IT has been well remarked by a respectable writer, that " the memorials of the good constitute one... | |
 | William Phelan - 1832 - 454 דפים
...greatest of our later poets : . . • My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, The son of parent* passed into the skies.' a <2 hood. The master, Mr. Michael Ryan, was an expert Latinist ; pedantic,... | |
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My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies! 
