 | David Masson - 1877 - 736 pagina’s
...: if it seem strange to any, it will not seem more strange, I hope, than convincing to backsliders. Thus much I should perhaps have said though I were...stones, and had none to cry to but, with the Prophet, 0 Earth, Earth, Earth !, to tell the very soil itself what her perverse inhabitants are deaf to. Nay,... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 708 pagina’s
...not called amiss " the good old cause;" adding, "Thus much I should perhaps have said, though I was sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones,...perverse inhabitants are deaf to. Nay, though what I have spoke should happen (which Thou suffer not who didst create mankind •free, nor Thou next who didst... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 706 pagina’s
...called amiss " the good old cause ; " adding, " Thus much I should perhaps have said, though I was sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones,...perverse inhabitants are deaf to. Nay, though what J have spoke should happen (which Thou suffer not who didst create mankind free, nor Thou next who... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 712 pagina’s
...not called amiss "the good old cause;" adding, " Thus much I should perhaps have said, though I was sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones,...none to cry to but, with the prophet, • O Earth, Karth, Earth! ' to tell the very soil itself what her perverse inhabitants are deaf to. Nay, though... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 720 pagina’s
...called amiss " the good old cause ; " adding, " Thus much I should perhaps have said, though I was sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones, and had none to cry to but, witli the prophet, ' O Earth, Earth, Earth ! ' to tell the very soil itself what her perverse inhabitants... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1274 pagina’s
...strange to any, it will not seem more strange, I hope, than convincing to backsliders : thus much 1 should, perhaps, have said, though I were sure I should...perverse inhabitants are deaf to. Nay, though what I have spoke should happen (which Thou suffer not who didst create mankind free ! nor Thou next who didst... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 720 pagina’s
...though I was sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones, and had none to cry to but, will) the prophet, ' O Earth, Earth, Earth ! ' to tell the...itself what her perverse inhabitants are deaf to. Nay, thougli what J have spoke should happen (which Thou suffer not who didst create mankind free, nor Thou... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pagina’s
...eavfte. If it seem strange to any, it will not seem more strange, I hope, than convincing to backsliders. Thus much I should perhaps have said, though I were sure I should have ppoken only to trees and stones : and had none to cry to, but with the prophet : ' O enrth, earth,... | |
 | 1881 - 532 pagina’s
...owing to the ignorance and folly of the nation itself was hut like that of the prophet who cried " 0 earth, earth, earth ! to tell the very soil itself what her perverse inhabitants are deaf to," still that an alucaled ,linocracy was his ideal, an ideal too not only to be -wished for but to be... | |
 | Birmingham historical society - 1881 - 400 pagina’s
...owing to the ignorance and folly of the nation itself was but like that of the prophet who cried " O earth, earth, earth ! to tell the very soil itself what her perverse inhabitants arc deaf to," still that an educated democracy was his ideal, an ideal too not only to be wished for... | |
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Thus much I should perhaps have said though I were sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones; and had none to cry to, but with the Prophet, O earth, earth, earth! 
