 Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...  The Quarterly Review - Page 27edited by - 1832Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's... | |
 | Elizabeth Sandham - 1810 - 170 pages
...increase, the more he endeavoured, by every attention in his power, to remove it» CHAPTER XIII. " Yet, when the sense of sacred Presence fires, And...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned.1' JOHNSON. AT length Mr. Falkner became so ill, it was necessary to call-in medical advice.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 pages
...shift him in three months, without he borrowed it, and died very poor in 1G4G." Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Four forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires1', Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ;... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...which treats of the same melancholy subject, and closes with this sublime strain of morality : — Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For Love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For Patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 442 pages
...the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires p, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; and rector of Okerton, near Banbury. He wrote, among many others, a Latin treatise, ' De natura cali,'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. * Ver. 346—366. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And...which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the hest. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires. And strong...skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful n,ind, Ohedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...in His power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer : Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
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