Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read... Historical romances of the author of Waverley - Page 13de sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1856 - 666 pages
...God has given grace, To hear, to read, to watch, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." Do then, my young friends, above all other books, read every day some portion of the .Bible. It will... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...human race To whom their God has given gmce, To read, to fear, to hope, to pmy, To lift the latch, to force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to dov.bt or read to ttcom. SIR WALTER SCOTT. i INTERESTING VARIETIES. j OP brewed liquor one Englishman... | |
| 1850 - 560 pages
...Within that awftd Volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom the Lord has granted grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,...ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." SIE WALTER SCOTT. HE above very beautiful lines ought to be committed to memory by every child that... | |
| John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 pages
...says thus of that Th'e'!n"^ lat awful ™ltm«; lies ^o whon, p 6 ^ of h uman race , «oa has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift...ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." But there is one sentence, infinitely more valuable than all that genius and learning could say on... | |
| 1879 - 566 pages
...our Ood has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born. Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." !ut the same lines (with one or two trivial variax>ns) are put into the mouth of the White Lady f Avenel... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1850 - 684 pages
...God has given grace, To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." With regard to Buonaparte, we have nothing so satisfactory as in the case of Byron, that might lead... | |
| Walter Scott - 1852 - 538 pages
...to him. I will learn the contents of that mysterious volume — I will learn why the Lady of Avenel loved it — why the priests feared, and would have...to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinnmg. " They call me idle — they call me dull — in this pursuit my industry shall not fail... | |
| Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 342 pages
...God has given grace To hear, ta read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. The Sunday Times, April 24, 1825. '* They are not much like his Lordship's composition either in sentiment... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - 642 pages
...to him. I will learn the contents of that mysterious volume — I will learn why the Lady of Avenel loved it — why the priests feared, and would have...to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinnmg. " They call me idle — they call me dull — in this pursuit my industry shall not fail... | |
| Eli Noyes - 1853 - 386 pages
...God has given grace, To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born. Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." Said Napoleon, at St. Helena, to Count de Montholon, .' I know man, and I tell you that Jesus Christ... | |
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