 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pagina’s
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heavenly mind — demands a doubt He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of hjlit in -- in his speech. Ti- pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pagina’s
...ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. "Pis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul: To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetick exhortation; and t* address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 470 When sent with God's... | |
 | 1831 - 334 pagina’s
...conscience, can we find a license for such inconsistency ? Oh, " 'tis pitiful To court a grin, when yon should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; or to treat The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pagina’s
...eyes, and judgments ill inform'd, To me is odious, as the nasal twang, Heard at conventicle. 90 4l Te court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy, with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart !... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - 1832 - 200 pagina’s
...at which he aims ; the eternal salvation of souls ;— absolutely forbid every thing of the kind. K Tis pitiful to court a grin, When you should woo a soul." Nevertheless the gravity of a preacher should not be the gloom of melancholy, or the sternness of pride... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pagina’s
...between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgement and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court...to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, 470 SC — 9. I When sent with God's commission to the heart. So did not Paul. Direct me to a quip... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 pagina’s
...hetween God and man, As God 'a ambassador, the grand concerns of judgment, and of mercy, should heware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a BOU! : To break a jest, when pity would inspire I'athelic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pagina’s
...trim, 460 And quaint in its deportment and attire, Can lodge an heavenly mind, — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgement and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pagina’s
...trim, 4GO And quaint in its deportment and attire, Can lodge an heavenly mind, — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgement and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pagina’s
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart !... | |
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He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic... 
