... and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm... Sermons - Page 72by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822Full view - About this book
| William Gresley - 1840 - 414 pages
...forced to sit down, and pant, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion of an angel, as he passed sometime through the air i 2 about his ministries below. So is the prayer... | |
| 1858 - 498 pages
...forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was bvor : and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music...as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministering here below. So is the prayer of a good man when his affairs have required business, and... | |
| Pictures - 1841 - 222 pages
...forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it had learned music and...angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministeries here below ; — so is the prayer of a good man. If my people, which are called by my name,... | |
| William Hone - 1841 - 840 pages
...stay till the storm was over, and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing аз if U had learned music and motion from an angel, as he...through the air, about his ministries here below." — Jeremy Taylor. hm May 2. — Day breaks ... 2 3 Sun rises .... 4 36 — sets .... 7 24 Twilight... | |
| 1745 - 522 pages
...the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it did learn music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes...ministries here below. So is the prayer of a good man ; his duty met with the infirmities of a man, and anger was his instrument, and the instrument became... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...forced to sit down and punt, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, modern letters иге substituted for those peculiar...place is most unlike that other that we formerly jwreou, or had a design of charity, his duty met with the infirmities of a man, and anger was its instrument... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1848 - 978 pages
...forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music...ministries here below : so is the prayer of a good man." This is diligent prayer; and he who would hold communion with God, and enjoy his presence, must not... | |
| 1844 - 484 pages
...is very graphic and elegant; and when he comes to its " prosperous flight," he says that then it " did rise and sing, as if it had learned 'music and...through the air, about his ministries here below." " Prayers (he observes) are but the body of the bird— desires are its angel's wings." He compares... | |
| 1845 - 632 pages
...the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it did learn music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes...ministries here below. So is the prayer of a good man ; his duty met with the infirmities of a man, and anger was its instrument, and the instrument became... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...pant, and stay still the storm was over, and did rise and sing as if he had learned music and motion of an angel as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below : so are the prayers of a good man," &c. — Twentyfive Sermons preached at Golden Grove, Serm. V. p. 60.... | |
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