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" 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 108
by James Boswell - 1907
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

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...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

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...
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The boys' school; or, Traits of character in early life

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....
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

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...
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The novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

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...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

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 ;...
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The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

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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