 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pàgines
...measure and the choice. Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er...seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pàgines
...and the choice. Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er...seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pàgines
...pow-r whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure, whate-er he gives, he gives the best....mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign-d; For Lotf, which scarce collective man can fill; For Patience, sov-rcign o'er transmuted ill; For Faith,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 pàgines
...afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, what'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1806 - 346 pàgines
...modern writer was superior to that of the ancient. Nobler lines than the following were never composed : Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal for retreat. Both these imitations... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pàgines
...and the choice, 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...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pàgines
...Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar jEtot! " ^ ne secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; 40. " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, " Secure whate'er...seat, " Counts death kind Nature's signal for retreat, " These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, " With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, " These... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pàgines
...supplicating voice, But lea\e to heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore...resign'd, For love, which scarce collective man can Jill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 pàgines
...Safe in His power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer, Implore His aid, on His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, he...Patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For Faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pàgines
...and the choice. 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...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... | |
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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... 
