 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
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - 636 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,... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1853 - 400 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 דפים
...most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; fur it nii'kt'8 We a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes -vanish ; and throws over the decav. the destruotir.™ nf existence, tlie most the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 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 even... | |
 | 1854 - 594 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 shame the ladder... | |
 | Pocket companion - 1854 - 118 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...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life in death, and from corruption and decay, calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture... | |
 | 1879 - 444 דפים
...delightful, and I believe would be 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 other hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of... | |
 | 1894 - 868 דפים
...me, I should picfer a firm religious belief to every other blessing. For it makes life a disciplino of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay and destruction of life the most gorgeous of all lights; awakens life even in death, and from decoy... | |
 | 1855 - 616 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 360 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 fortune, and shame the ladder... | |
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