He was once a man, and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest; for by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very thinking substance has for more than seven years been continually wasting away,... Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining - Pagina 180door Charles Buck - 1831Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Edward Hitchcock - 1830 - 370 pagina’s
...to Queen Elizabeth, declaring with the utmost sincerity of belief, and distressing anguish, that " by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very...thinking substance has for more than seven years been wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him" — when we see such delusions, we cannot but... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pagina’s
...He was once a man, and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest; for by the immediate hand of an...remembrance of its very ruins remains ; not the shadow if an idea is left ; nor any sense, so much as one single one, perfect or imperfect, whole or diminished,... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pagina’s
...He was once a man, and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an...remembrance of its very ruins remains ; not the shadow ifan idea is left; nor any sense, so much as one single one, perfect or imperfect, whole or diminished,... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 406 pagina’s
...He was once a man, and of some little name, but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an...is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly gone to nothing. None, no not the least remembrance of its very ruins remains ; not the shadow of an... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 446 pagina’s
...was once a man, and of some little rianie^ but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest; for by the immediate hand of an...thinking substance has for more than seven years been cdritinually wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly come to nothing.... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pagina’s
...He was once a man, and of some little name, but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very thinking substanct; has for more than seven years been continually wasting away, till it it wholly perished... | |
| I. RAY, M.D. - 1838
...as "once a man ; and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an...God, his very thinking substance has for more than seventeen years been wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly come... | |
| Robert Southey - 1839 - 352 pagina’s
...He was once a man, and of some little name, but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest; for by the immediate hand of an...is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly gone to nothing. None, no not the least remembrance of its very ruins remains ; not the shadow of an... | |
| Robert Southey - 1839 - 354 pagina’s
...powers, exercises, operations, and state ; and to what the great God has been doing in it, and to it." by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very...is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly gone to nothing. None, no not the least remembrance of its very ruins remains; not the shadow of an... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1839 - 476 pagina’s
...who "was once a man; of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an...God, his very thinking substance has for more than seventeen years been gradually wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly... | |
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