 | Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 662 Seiten
...calamities overtake iv.e, — and I have had my share, — it confers a dignity on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm ; yet, methinks, I am then allied to God." Such had been, and such afterwards were, the afflictions of this excellent man, and such the patient... | |
 | 1830 - 456 Seiten
...calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a dignity on my affliction, and so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm, yet methinks I am then allied to God." But how subversive Atheism is of happiness, may be learned from the confession of Hume himself. " When... | |
 | Richard Griffin - 1831 - 228 Seiten
...and when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share it confers a dignity on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm, — yet, met hi n ks, I am then allied to God !' — It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 Seiten
...calamities overtake me, — and I have had my share, — it confers a dignity on my affliction, and so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm ; yet methinks I am allied to God !" It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to cloud, even with a doubt, the sunshine... | |
 | 1836 - 342 Seiten
...calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a dignity on my affliction, — so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm...methinks, I am then allied to God !" It would have bcen inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded, even with a doubt, the sunshine of this belief. His... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a dignity on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm,...allied to God !' It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded, even with a doubt, the sunshine of this belief. His discourse, indeed,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a dignity on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know is but a worm,...allied to God !" It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded even with a doubt, the sunshine of this belief. His discourse, indeed,... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 Seiten
...when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a dignity on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm,...allied to God." It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded, even with a doubt, the sunshine of this belief. His discourse, indeed,... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 396 Seiten
...when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a dignity on my affliction, so lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm,...allied to God." It would have been inhuman in our philosopher to have clouded, even with a doubt, the sunshine of this belief. His discourse, indeed,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 Seiten
...calamities overtake me, — and I have had my share, — • it confers a dignity on my affliction, and lifts me above the world. Man, I know, is but a worm ; yet methinks I am then allied to God ! " Of all men I ever knew, the ordinary conversation of our philosopher was the least tinctured with... | |
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... of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The thought of receiving it from God adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation in every good thing I possess, and when calamities overtake me and I have had my share it confers a dignity on... 
