 He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task : the silence of the night invited him to pursue it ; and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him...  Disraeli's Works - Page 182de Isaac Disraeli - 1881Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 pages
...self-painter could have caught those delicious emotions which are so evanescent in the deep occupation of pleasant studies ? " He arose fresh in the morning...are alike finely described by MILTON in a letter to his friend Diodati. " Such is the character of my mind, that no delay, none of the ordinary cessations... | |
 | 1879 - 692 pages
...he can truly say that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every psalm improved infinitely on his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last, for then he grieved that his task was done ! HapScriptural Doctrine of the Atonement. 39 pier hours than those which have been spent... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1868 - 620 pages
...self-painter could have caught those delicious emotions which are so evanescent in the deep occupation of pleasant studies ? " He arose fresh in the morning...uneasiness but the last, for then he grieved that his wdrk was done." This eager delight of pursuing study, this impatience of interruption, and this exultation... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1868 - 804 pages
...him to pursue it; and he can truly say that food and rest were no preferred before it. Every psalm n, by the hands of his apostles, and still continueth...ministers, carrying on the work of edification in " the gr Happier hours than those which he spent upon these meditations on the Songs of Sion, he never expects... | |
 | Arthur Rigg - 1869 - 124 pages
...he can truly say that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every illustration improved upon acquaintance with it and no one gave him uneasiness...last ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Very pleasantly did the hours spent on these meditations pass and moved smoothly and swiftly along,... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1872 - 60 pages
...him to pursue it ; and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it,...last; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than those which have been spent on these meditations on the Songs of Zion he never expects... | |
 | Frederick Arnold - 1873 - 418 pages
...him to pursue it : and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it,...last ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than those which have been spent on these meditations on the songs of Sion he never expects... | |
 | Samuel Woolcock Christophers - 1873 - 310 pages
...he can truly say that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely on his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness...last ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than those which have been spent in these meditations on the Songs of Sion, he never... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1874 - 524 pages
...him to pursue it ; and he can truly say that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it,...last ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than those which have been spent in these meditations on the songs of Zion, he never... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...him to pursue it; and he can truly say that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm tory of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, vols. i. and ii., Boston, Dec. 1855, ho grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than those which have been spent in these meditations... | |
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