 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 588 pages
...you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour ; if you put no wheat in, it still grinds on, but then it is itself it grinds and wears away." There is a vast amount of commou sense and good philosophy in this, honest readers. Do n't forget it.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856 - 594 pages
...The human heart is like a millstone in a mill; when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds arid bruises the wheat to flour. If you put no wheat, it still grinds on ; but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away.' ' Luther was one day being shaved, and having his hair cut in... | |
 | 1856 - 902 pages
...heart is like a mill-stone in a mill ; when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruizes the wheat to flour. If you put no wheat it still grinds on ; but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away.' ' A comet is a star that runs, not being fixed like a planet,... | |
 | What - 1858 - 218 pages
...the past no more. He must have some companionship other than himself. Well and wisely said Luther, 'The human heart is like a millstone in a mill ; when...you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then it grinds and wears away itself.' Leonard sat down and scribbled off a letter to his cousin, Mrs. Carlyon... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1858 - 776 pages
...when you put wheat under it, it turns and bruises the wheat to flour; if you put no wheat under it, it still grinds on; but then it is itself it grinds, and wears away. — Luther. BE SHORT. How much is comprehended in those monosyllables ! They give the greatest satisfaction... | |
 | Elizabeth Jane Whately - 1862 - 392 pages
...was "not good for man to be alone." " When I am assailed with many tribulations," he said, " I walk out among my pigs, rather than remain alone by myself....on, but then it is itself it grinds, and wears away. So the human heart, unless it be occupied with some employment, leaves space for the devil, who wriggles... | |
 | Jules Michelet - 1862 - 496 pages
...to say: " The human heart is like a millstone ; if you put wheat under it, it grinds the wheat into flour; if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then, 'tis itself it wears away." 2 " When I was a monk," says Luther, 3 " I frequently corresponded with... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles - 1864 - 490 pages
...who in his whole body has not as much theology as I have in one finger." "The human heart," he says, "is like a millstone in a mill : when you put wheat...on, but then it is itself it grinds and wears away. So the human heart, unless it be occupied with some employment, leaves space for the devil, who wriggles... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles - 1864 - 572 pages
...you put wheat under it, it turns, and grinds, and bruises the wheat to flour ; if you put no wkeat it still grinds on, but then it is itself it grinds and wears away. So the human heart, unless it be occupied with some- employment, leaves space for the devil, who wriggles... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles - 1866 - 620 pages
...you put wheat under it, it turns, and grinds, and bruises the wheat to flour; if yon put no wheafi it still grinds ,on, but then it is itself it grinds and wears away. So the human heart, unless it be occupied with some employment, leaves space for the devil, who wriggles... | |
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is like a millstone in a mill : when you put wheat under it, it turns, and grinds, and bruises the wheat to flour ; if you put no wheat it still grinds on, but then it is itself it grinds and wears away. 
