 | 1824 - 612 sider
...in comparison with which the distance from east to west is no distance, is vicinity and i . Jn-mn. I dare not, either in prose or verse, allow myself...counterfeiting, I should for that very reason be taken strictly ;it my word, arid lose all my remaining comfort.' — vol. ii. p. 133. There was one comfort which... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 404 sider
...suffering by despair as I do. I could not sing the Lord's song were it to save my life, banished as I am, not to a strange land, but to a remoteness from...verse, allow myself to express a frame of mind which 1 am conscious does not belong to me ; least of all can I venture to use the language of absolute resignation,... | |
 | 1826 - 440 sider
...remoteness from his presence, in comparison to whicb the distance from east to west is no distance — a vicinity and cohesion. I dare not, either in prose...use the language of absolute resignation, lest, only counterfeitmg, I should; for that very reason, be taken strictly at my word, sad lose all my remaining... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 310 sider
...is no distance, but vicinity and cohesion. I dare not, either in prose or verse, allow myself'either to express a frame of mind, which I am conscious does not belong to me." Lady Hesketh remained at Weston the greater part of two years, contributing greatly to revive the drooping... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 216 sider
...is no distance, but vicinity and cohesion. I dare not, either in prose or verse, allow myself either to express a frame of mind, which I am conscious does not belong to me." Lady Hesketh remained at Weston the greater part of two years, contributing greatly to revive the drooping... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 sider
...is no distance, but vicinity and cohesion. I dare not, either in prose or verse, allow myself either to express a frame of mind, which I am conscious does not belong to me." Lady Hesketh remained at Weston the greater part of two years, contributing greatly to revive the drooping... | |
 | 1835 - 440 sider
...vicinity and cohesion. I dare not, either in prow or verse, allow myself to express a frame of mina which I am conscious does not belong to me ; least...resignation, lest, only counterfeiting, I should, lor that very reason, be taken striclly al my word, ana lose all my remaining comfort. Can there nol... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1841 - 304 sider
...remoteness from his presence, in comparison to which the distance from east to west is no distance—is vicinity and cohesion. I dare not, either in prose...only counterfeiting, I should, for that very reason, bo taken strictly at my word, and lose all my remaining comfort. Can there not be found, among the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1843 - 388 sider
...Unwin, if there had ever been any matrimonial engagement between them. it to save my life, banished as I am, not to a strange land, but to a remoteness from...verse, allow myself to express a frame of mind which 1 am conscious does not belong to me ; least of all can I venture to use the language of absolute resignation,... | |
 | 1867 - 848 sider
...suffering by despair as I do. I could not sing the Lord's song were it to save my life, banished as I am, not to a strange land, but to a remoteness from...mind which I am conscious does not belong to me." But his tongue has long since been unloosed ; the goldeu harp of which he sang is in his hand; and... | |
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My dear friend, ask possibilities and they shall be performed, but ask not hymns from a man suffering by despair as I do. I could not sing the Lord's song were it to save my life, banished as I am, not to a strange land, but to a remoteness from his presence,... 
