 I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes...  The Poughkeepsie Casket - Side 741839Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 636 sider
...Phys. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and,...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | 1850 - 698 sider
...— " I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, — not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 326 sider
...PHYS. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 646 sider
...— I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and,...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | 1828 - 592 sider
...I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but, if 1 could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | 1829 - 512 sider
...iSalmonia. " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1830 - 432 sider
...Again, " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief, to every other blessing ; for it makes life a thorough discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when... | |
 | 1830 - 494 sider
...— " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | 1830 - 478 sider
...— " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 sider
...says he, " no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; be it genius, power, wit, or fancy: but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all earthly... | |
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