 ... [I defy him, without an assistant, quoth Dr. Slop.] " In other matters, we may be deceived by false appearances ; and, as the wise man complains, hardly do we guess aright at the things that are upon the earth, and with labour do we find the things...  Essay on the happiness of the life to come - Page 26de Charles Louis de VILLETTE - 1793 - 185 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 590 pages
...; and yet, as the wise man observes, " hardly do we guefs aright at " the things that are upon the earth, and with " labour do we find the things that are before " us." ESSAY VII. Ol a ntw 3Ifth<)d of cultivating -jxak Arable Lands. are fh«* methods recommended by husbandrnen... | |
 | George Horne - 1806 - 250 pages
...conducting them to it without ftudy, will find, fooner or later, that they have miftaken their road. " Hardly do we " guefs aright at things that are " upon...labour do " we find the things that are before "us*:" fhall \re then expecl a knowlege of thofe which are of a high and fpiritual nature, without any labour... | |
 | Henry Alford - 1808 - 968 pages
...supposes a reference in this verse to Wisd. ix. 16, "Hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon the to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble thiuga k no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came Si"*?1' down from heaven, even the Son... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 528 pages
...appearances ; and, as the wife man complains, " hardly do we guefs aright at the things that are " upon the earth, and with labour do we find the " things that are before us. But here the mind " has all the evidence and facts within herfelf; — is confcious of the web ihe has... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1810 - 292 pages
...appearances ; and, as the wise man complains, hardly do we guess aright at the things that are upon the earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before ns. But here the mind has all the evidence and facts within herself; — is conscious of the web she... | |
 | Platon (Metropolitan of Moscow) - 1814 - 364 pages
...for our comprehension is so very limited, that we must confess, with Solomon, " Hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are at hand : but the things that are in heaven, who hath searched out ? And thy counsel, who hath known,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 298 pages
...of the Wisdom of Solomon, of whose words the preceding sentence is a paraphrase) hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us; but all certain knowlege is in the power of God, and ydf OVK i£i &e ij.ipir~ifiu rf aimf 'Hpcuc\ttTO>>,... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1818 - 466 pages
...darkness in which the Divine Mind envelopes his operations of nature and grace. " Hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find out the things that are before us, but the things that are in Heaven who hath searched out ?" (Wisd.... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1818 - 454 pages
...darkness in which the Divine Mind envelopes his operations of nature and grace. " Hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find out the things that are before us* but the things that are in Heaven who hath searched out ?" (Wisd.... | |
 | John Evans - 1819 - 444 pages
...Admirably is it remarked in the Wisdom of Solomon, and devoutly be it remembered — Hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we fold the things that are before us; but the things that are in HEAVEN, tcho hath searched out ? The... | |
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