 | 1818 - 594 pàgines
...been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byeword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pàgines
...been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that" except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a bye-word down to future ages. And what is •worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pàgines
...assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it" I firmly believe this; and I also believe,...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a bv-word down to future ases." He Edible Birds' Nats. ANOTHF.R. IN the middle of the last century, when... | |
 | 664 pàgines
...assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build • it." I firmly believe this ; and I...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages." He then moved, that prayers should be performed in that assembly every... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pàgines
...assured, sir, in the sacred writing«, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that 2Q build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that without bis concurring ¡till, we shall succeed in this political building no better tliaa the builders of... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 628 pàgines
...been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also...we ourselves shall become a • • •< reproach none, the Americans will find, and at no very remote time, that the want of an adequate provision for... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 616 pàgines
...been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also...the builders of Babel. We shall be divided by our litde, partial, local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a I..;... | |
 | 1821 - 356 pàgines
...build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe, without his concurring aid, we shall proceed in this political building no better than the builders...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages ; and what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pàgines
...have been assured, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this ; and I also believe that, without hii R A celebrated historian has declared, " that the merit of our great Alfred, both in private and... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 554 pàgines
...been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this . and I also...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
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I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord... 
