 It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as to idle spectators, who live only...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 582edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 586 pages
...Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit; — it implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity*. * Foster's Essays, vol. 1, pp. 158, 159. 524 The good which Howard individually performed was widely... | |
 | 1825 - 90 pages
...consciousness of duty, as to refus« himself time for surveying the magnificence of its ruins. This implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...apply himself to the work with such a concentration of hif forces, as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse thcmselvei, looks like insanity. His attention... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...consciousness of duty, as to refuse himself time for surveying the magnificence of its ruins. This implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...short life, must apply himself to the work with such a con. 59 in the cultivation of the young heart; and if judiciously managed, forms a subject of the highest... | |
 | 1826 - 478 pages
...fobidding it to be more and the character of the individual forbidding it to be less. His conduct implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had...apply himself to the work with such a concentration of forces as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. — History of... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1827 - 276 pages
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...forces, as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse tliemBclvos, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1827 - 268 pages
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...and that he, who w.ould do some great thing in this L short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration -• of his forces, as, to idle... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of force as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. [History of Missions. RELIGIOTJS AND MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE. SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PRESENT STATE... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of commonsaintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some one great thing in this , short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his... | |
 | 1829 - 894 pages
...disinterestedness, and perseverance, which, (in the language of Foster in reference to Howard,) " implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Mr. Mills is said by his biographer to have had a principal share in the formation of several of the... | |
 | 1830 - 396 pages
...disinterestedness, and perseverance, which, (in the language of Foster in reference to Howard,) " implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Mr. Mills is said by his biographer to have had a principal share in the formation of several of the... | |
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