| Hannah More - 1809 - 324 pages
...must be deepened and enlarged with more abundant care, otherwise the fabric will be overloaded with its own ornaments, and what was intended only to embellish...building, will prove the occasion of its fall. "To everything there is a season, and a time for "every purpose under heaven," said the wise man; but he... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1809 - 322 pages
...our time, nothing but constant practice is of any avail in the sight of God. 2. •" To every ^ing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven ;" that is, for every thing that is good, and fitting for a Christian. We should lay it down as one... | |
| Hannah More - 1813 - 276 pages
...must be deepened and enlarged with more abundant care, otherwise the fabric will be overloaded with its own ornaments, and what was intended only to embellish...but he said it before the invention of baby-balls. This mo'dern device is a sort of triple conspiracy against the innocence, the health, and the happiness... | |
| William McEwen - 1814 - 292 pages
...than a thousand. The secoiul is, that no opportunity of time he suffered to slip. As " to every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven :" there opportunities he lays hold upon, as the calls of providence to do good, which will he quickly... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - 1818 - 192 pages
...of a gentleman." — Chapone. Se likewise The Spectator, No. 466. NOTE 39. PAGE H4. " To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven," said the wiseman ; but he said it before the invention of babyballs. This modern device is a sort of triple... | |
| Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 pages
...not what we' all necessary aflf.iirs encroach6 upon the time that is d!ie ta devoiion. To every thing there is a season* and a time for every purpose under heaven. If we delay till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, \ve overcharger the morrow with a burden which... | |
| John Willison - 1820 - 324 pages
...•delight/' ,,.... 302. PREFACE. THAT %vise king, Solomon, observes, (Eiccl. iii. 1.) " To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.'' And if there be a time and season allowed for every thing and purpose, even the meanest things and... | |
| William Russell - 1823 - 160 pages
...which we are now the depositaries, and of which we are to render an account at the last. To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. When we delay till to-morrow, what ought to be done to-day, we overcharge the morrow with a burden... | |
| 1824 - 552 pages
...the choicest blessings of existence. A REMARK ON BABY-BALLS. BY MISS HANNAH MORE. " To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under Heaven," said thi- wise man; but he said it before the invention of haby-halls. This modern device is a sort of triple... | |
| 1824 - 188 pages
...not what we call necessary affairs, encroach upon the time that is due to devotion. To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. If we delay till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, we overcharge the morrow with a burthen which... | |
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