Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 108by James Boswell - 1907Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...not a shirt to shift him in three months, without ho borrowed if, and died very poor in 1046." • " Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, " And...devotion to the skies aspires, " Pour forth thy fervours fqr a healthful mind, " Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; " For love, which scarce collective... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best....which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's... | |
| John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, He gives the best....which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov' reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's... | |
| Elizabeth Sandham - 1810 - 170 pages
...increase, the more he endeavoured, by every attention in his power, to remove it» CHAPTER XIII. " Yet, when the sense of sacred Presence fires, And...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned.1' JOHNSON. AT length Mr. Falkner became so ill, it was necessary to call-in medical advice.... | |
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best....patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat: These goods for man... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...which treats of the same melancholy subject, and closes with this sublime strain of morality : — Q ֙Rnߣه V a%^ | ' O]P sE 8 , =q z $ ; EG afY e2... /| ϊ l [ Z ,n x +c 9{ d W N3 ޣ s n > s C|˾ that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...which treats of the same melancholy subject, and closes with this sublime strain of morality : — Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...Patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For Faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best....sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires1', Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ;... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...morality : — Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For Love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For...Patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For Faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. * Ver. 346—366. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And...which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's... | |
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