| 1830 - 758 sider
...expelled the traders from the temple even by violence. Phys. — I envy no quality of mind or iutellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodiiess — creates... | |
| 1850 - 698 sider
...brighter hours Sir Humphrey records the following memorable testimonies : — " I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, — not genius, power,...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates... | |
| 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
...our reflections on this passage in any other than the words of the publication itself. ' Phys. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others...and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates... | |
| Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 326 sider
...the example of our Saviour, who expelled the traders from the temple even by violence. , PHYS. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others;...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates... | |
| 1828 - 592 sider
...our reflections on this passage in any other than the words of the publication itself. ' Phys. — 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 believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a... | |
| 1829 - 512 sider
...expression to such feelings as are exhibited in the following sentence, which also occurs in iSalmonia. " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates... | |
| 1830 - 478 sider
...motion, and at last, as it were, becomes lost and mingled with the mighty abyss of waters." Again : — " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates... | |
| 1830 - 494 sider
...motion, and at last, as it were, becomes lost and mingled with the mighty abyss of waters." Again : — " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates... | |
| 1831 - 584 sider
...unpretending but valuable little work. (Sent by a Correspondent.} SELECTIONS FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS. I ENVY no quality of the mind or intellect in others...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a thorough discipline of goodness... | |
| 1831 - 336 sider
...the best conclusion, by repeating a sentence from one of his moral works : — " I envy," says he, " no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not...and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer A FIRM RELIGIOUS BELIEF to every other blessing." 12* OBJECTS, ADVANTAGES, AND PLEASURES OF SCIENCE.... | |
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