I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it... Notabilia: Or, Curious and Amusing Facts about Many Things, Explained and ... - עמוד 205מאת John Timbs - 1872 - 384 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| 1850 - 704 דפים
...most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing, for it makes life a discipline of...of all lights, awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the... | |
| 1850 - 590 דפים
...delightful and useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing — for this makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes when all earthly ones vanish — throws over the decay of existence the most gorgeous of all lights — awakens life... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 דפים
...most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing: for it makes life a discipline of...all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the... | |
| 1852 - 840 דפים
...most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, 1 should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakes life even in death, and from corruption and decay, calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an... | |
| James Hamilton - 1852 - 393 דפים
...most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, calling up the most delightful visions, where the sensualist and skeptic view only gloom, decay, and... | |
| Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 דפים
...believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ;...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, where the sensualist and the sceptic view only gloom, decay, annihilation, and despair." Then, after... | |
| Samuel Miller - 1852 - 254 דפים
...most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of...— creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish ; — throws over the •decay, the destruction of existence, the most precious of all lights ; —... | |
| The Free Church Magazine.january-December 1852.New Series.-VOL.I - 1852 - 588 דפים
...believe most useful, I should prefer я firm religious belief to every «ther blessing. This makes up a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay and destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, and brings up the most delightful of... | |
| Samuel Miller - 1852 - 242 דפים
...most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of...goodness ;—creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish;—throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most precious of all lights;—awakens... | |
| 1852 - 626 דפים
...most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes, throws over the destruction of existence the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life even in death,... | |
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