| Anthony Trollope - 1870 - 736 Seiten
...Mr. Puddleham had now joined them. "I am ready and willing," said he, "to do my duty in that sphere of life to which it has pleased God to call me." And it was evident that he thought that the sphere to which he had been called was that special chapel... | |
| Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1871 - 128 Seiten
...on this earth, he should be enabled to say, ' By the blessing of Almighty God I have done my duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me.'" (Applause.) Ay, I added this, and I" may add it now to all young men present—I add the words of our... | |
| Edward John Lake - 1873 - 152 Seiten
...it please God to call me away in the midst of those scenes ; but in the firm conviction that this is that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me. Most humbly, however, would I offer my thanksgiving to Him that in these times of wondrous advancement,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1876 - 454 Seiten
...been dreaming I was a very great man. But that is going off, and I find I shall conform in time to that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me. Besides, after all, Fleet Street and the Strand are better places to live in for » Patterdale H. good... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1876 - 456 Seiten
...been dreaming I was a very great man. But that is going off, and I find I shall conform in time to that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me. Besides, after all, Fleet Street and the Strand are better places to live in for I Patterdale.— H.... | |
| L. E. G., Lucy Ellen Guernsey - 1878 - 370 Seiten
...I should not like to be any great person. It is as much as I can manage, and more, to do my duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me. But then I suppose if God puts people in high places, He will give them grace to do their duty there... | |
| Edis Searle - 1878 - 392 Seiten
...more and bear more for God ? Ernestine seemed to think so, but I should be afraid ; to do my duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me is evidently what I should aim at. But I should feel happier if my duties were a trifle harder —... | |
| 1870 - 540 Seiten
..."That's your business." " I'll do my duty"—here Brownjohn took a huge pull at the old Tom—" in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me." And it is to be remarked that this solemn utterance—which was Brownjohn's peculiar way of thinking a... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1870 - 532 Seiten
..."That's your business." " I'll do my duty " — here Brownjohn took a huge pull at the old Tom — " in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me." [September 24, 1870. And it is to be remarked that this solemn utterance — which was Brownjohn's... | |
| John Thomas Jeffcock - 1881 - 222 Seiten
...attaches to it. The routine of the trade, or the profession, breaks me in to try and do my duty in that state of life to which it has pleased God to call me, and because it has pleased God to call me to it. (ii.) Then this same thing helps a man to be punctual... | |
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