 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favour. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the...forgotten that powerful friend ?— or do we imagine we no longer heed its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...observed •frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the...forgotten that powerful friend ?—or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance ?—I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favour. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend 1 Or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance 1 I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...applying to the Father of lights lo illuminate their understandings?—" I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs ofmeii. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favour : to that kind of Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the...have we now forgotten that powerful friend ? or do we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I lire, the more convincing... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in pnr favour. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace, on...forgotten that powerful Friend ? or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance ? I have lived a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the...forgotten that powerful friend .'—or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance.— I have lived, sir, a long tune ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?~-or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance. — I have lived, sir, a long time ; and...convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in tJie affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable... | |
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I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of man. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without... 
