 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pàgines
...— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pàgines
...— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pàgines
...made no proselyte) — I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Muit stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The...effectual guard. Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 pàgines
...they are cultivated. Tho. " The pulpit; And I name it, filPd with solemn awe, Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause. •There stands the messenger of truth. There stands. The legate of the skies : his theme divine, His... | |
 | Peter L. Courtier - 1809 - 392 pàgines
...Criticism. BY QNESIMUS. ?, VOL. I. -The Pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar powers, Hut stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand ,...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. COWPER. LONDON: PRINTED FOR MATHEWS AND LEIGH, STRAND, By James Moyes, GrevUle Street. .*./ -. IT seems... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - 1809 - 238 pàgines
...profligate sinner. " The pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd while the world shall stand^ The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth ; there standi The legate of the skies: his theme divine, His office... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pàgines
...ONESIMUS. -The Pulpit, in the sohe Of its legitimate peculiar powers, Most Stand a'.Itimwl,,,l«<nl. while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtne's canse. COWPER. LONDON: PRINTED FOR MATHEWS AND LEIGH, STRAND, By James Moyes, Greville Street.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pàgines
...proselyte).... 1 say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) 'Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies !....His theme divine, His... | |
 | 1811 - 710 pàgines
...The pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledgM, while ihe world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. The poet has qualified his encomium judiciously, by the words, of the passage I have quoted, which... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pàgines
...proselyte)..-.. I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and brnament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies... | |
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Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his... 
