 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...to descry and behold the errors, perturbations, labours, and wanderings up and down of other men." " So always, that this prospect be with pity, and not...earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in proviilence, and turn upon the poles of truth." exceedingly many needless incumbrances and vexatious... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - 1834 - 546 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - 1834 - 1002 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | 1835 - 334 pages
...thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in yrovideace, and turn upon the poles of truth.' TRUE HAPPINESS. GRACE is holiness militant ; holiness,... | |
 | 1835 - 398 pages
...is comparable to standing on the Vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded or overlooked, and where the air is always clear and serene,) and...pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is M heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles... | |
 | 1835 - 434 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - 1835 - 434 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Christian Frederick Swartz - 1835 - 436 pages
...In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is henven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Caleb Ticknor - 1836 - 360 pages
...thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always...Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth."— (Bacon.) ' CT New-York, 1836. * Lucretius. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Misery of the human family — Man... | |
 | 1836 - 440 pages
...be ever to love a man who can only talk of votes, seats, rolls, and qualifications !" CHAPTER XVI. ' Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." LORD nACON. "WELL, what do you think of our member?" was Miss Pratt's first salutation to Gertrude,... | |
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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground... 
