 Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 287por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1862 - 972 páginas
...ever more and more, May I rejoice in Thy all-quickening power ! 3. 3. PHOBPEBITT Ain> ADYEHSTTT — " Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you ehall... | |
 | 1862 - 360 páginas
...Gregory of Nazianzum. The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. — Bacon. The disappointments I meet with may be absolutely necessary for... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1863 - 546 páginas
...v:ell.' f We believe that the explanation of his improvement is to be found in the Essay on Adversity. ' Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen. to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 páginas
...prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation oi God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | 1864 - 704 páginas
...is temperance ; the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 páginas
...pangs unfelt before, unpitied, and alone. Hymn to Adversity. — THOMAS GRAY. ADVERSITY and PROSPERITY. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity...carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 páginas
...is a passage to be " chewed and digested." We do not believe that Thucydides himself has any where compressed so much thought into so small a space....which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 páginas
...is a passage to be " chewed and digested." We do not believe that Thucydides himself has any where compressed so much thought into so small a space....which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer evidence of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 páginas
...this is a passage to be 'chewed and digested.' We do not believe that Thucydides himself has any where compressed so much thought into so small a space."...greater benediction and the clearer evidences of God's favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if yon listen to David's harp you shall hear as many hearse-like... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 páginas
...he went. Many thought that his was a sainted soul." 142. Lord Bacon says in his Essay on Adversity: "Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament ;...which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall... | |
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