 | John Milton - 1851 - 472 pages
...beft fay of us, and of the whole E/tg/i/h Name, but fcoffingly, as of that foolifli Builder mention'd by our Saviour, who began to build a Tower, and was not able to finifh it ? Where is this goodly Tower of a Commonwealth, which the EngHjh boalted they would build... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 pages
...be a failure? "And what will they at best say of us, and of the whole English name, but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...goodly tower of a Commonwealth, which the English began to build?" He then urgently remonstrates with the nation in regard to its proposed invitation... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1869 - 196 pages
...book of yet higher authority than the " Pilgrim's Progress,'' are we not warned by the story of one. who began to build a tower, and was not able to finish ? It needs that you well count the cost. " Whosoever will follow me," said Jesus Christ, " must deny himself."... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1870 - 556 pages
...name, 1 Pepys Diary, i. 22, Saturday, Feb. 1 1 . 3 Memoirs of Col. Hutehinxon, 362. but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...another Rome in the West ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly ; but fell into a worse confusion, not of tongues, but of factions, than those at the... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1870 - 556 pages
...English name, 1 Pepys' Diary, i. 22, Saturday, Feb. 11. * Memoirs of Vol. Hutchimon, 362. but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...another Rome in the West ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly ; but fell into a worse confusion, not of tongues, but of factions, than those at the... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie - 1873 - 436 pages
...and it will be no advantage to his influence if his people are tempted to compare him to the man that began to build a tower, and was not able to finish it. The biographies of Scripture furnish a very favourable field for expository lectures to those whose... | |
 | David Masson - 1877 - 736 pages
...will render us a scorn and derision to all our neighbours. And what will they say of us but scoffingly as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...another Rome in the West ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly ; hut fell into a worse confusion, not of tongues but of factions, than those at the... | |
 | David Masson - 1877 - 732 pages
...will render us a scorn and derision to all our neighbours. And what will they say of us but scoffingly as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...to overshadow Kings and be another Rome in the West 1 The foundation indeed they laid gallantly ; but fell into a worse confusion, not of tongues but of... | |
 | David Masson - 1877 - 736 pages
...will render us a scorn and derision to all our neighbours. And what will they say of us but scoffingly as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...they would build to overshadow Kings and be another Borne in the "West 1 The foundation indeed they laid gallantly ; but fell into a worse confusion, not... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1878 - 608 pages
...neither peace nor liberty to the people : it had disappointed the hopes of republicans : ' it had 1 ' Where is this goodly tower of a commonwealth which...they would build to overshadow kings, and be another 454 ENGLAND. dispelled the visions of religious and political enthusiasts : it had outraged all the... | |
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And what will they at best say of us, and of the whole English name, but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour, who began to build a tower, and was not able to finish it ? Where is this goodly tower of a commonwealth, which the... 
