I have, though in a despised weed, procured the good of till men. If any have been my enemies, I thought not of them ; neither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures... The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Side 4af Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 sider
...they can't stand it ! " CHAPTER V. Hail, Sabbath 1 thee I hail, the poor man's friend ! GRAHAME. — Thy creatures have been my books ; but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in thy courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples. LORD BACON. ANOTHER sabbath... | |
| John Hayward - 1842 - 448 sider
...good of all men. If any have been my enemies, I thought not of them, neither has the sun gone down upon my displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free...creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more so. I have sought thee in the courts, the fields, and the gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temples.... | |
| John Hayward - 1842 - 444 sider
...cruelty and hardness of heart ; I have, though a despised weed, endeavored to procure the good of all men. If any have been my enemies, I thought not of them, neither has the sun gone down upon my displeasure; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness.... | |
| 1845 - 518 sider
...institution six years ago, and now, I trust, on the eve of being fulfilled — " Thy creatures, О Lord, have been my books; but thy scriptures much more : I have sought thee in the courts, the fields, the gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temple." " Let them, then" (to use the words... | |
| John Hayward - 1845 - 458 sider
...cruelty and hardness of heart; I have, though a despised weed, endeavored to procure the good of all men. If any have been my enemies, I thought not of them, neither has the sun gone down upon my displeasure; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness.... | |
| 1845 - 952 sider
...hated all cruelty and hardness of heart ; I have (though in a despised weed) procured the good of all men. If any have been my enemies, I thought not of them ; ueither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure ; but I have been as a dove, free from superfluity... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 sider
...heart: I have, though in a despised weed, procured the good of all men. If any have been my enemies, 1 thought not of them ; neither hath the sun almost...but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in courts,* fields, and gardens ; but I have found thee in thy temples. Thousands have been my sins, and... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 sider
...heart: I have, though in a despised weed, procured the good of all men. If any have heen my enem ies, I thought not of them ; neither hath the sun almost set upon my displeasure; hut I have heen as a dove, free from superfluity of maliciousness. Thy creatures have heen my hooks,... | |
| John Gregg (bp. of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.) - 1847 - 92 sider
...can reveal God. The only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. " Thy creatures have been my books, but thy scriptures much more; I have sought thee in thy courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples."* The knowledge of man is to... | |
| 1847 - 782 sider
...been my books," he exclaims, in that most affecting prayer which breathes the very soul of penitence, "but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought Thee in the courts, the fields, and the gardens; but I have found Thee in thy temples." This very reverence for Scripture... | |
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