 | 1825 - 864 pages
...with precipitancy or on hasty convictions. It has indeed been said, and beautifully and truly, that " the moment of finishing his plans in deliberation, and commencing them in action, was the same." But his actions sprang not from momentary impulses, but from the dictates of a sound and sober judgment,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1827 - 276 pages
...great river, in its customary state, ia equal to a small or moderate one, when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation,...action, was the same. I wonder what must have been the arnount of that bribe, in emolument or pleasure, that would have detained him a week inactive after... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1831 - 388 pages
...great river, in its customary state, is equal to a small or moderate one when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation,...inactive after their final adjustment. The law which cairies water down a declivity, was not more unconquerable and invariable than the determination of... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 498 pages
...a great river in its customary state is equal to a small or moderate one when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation,...invariable than the determination of his feelings towards the main object. The importance of this object held hig faculties in a state of excitement... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 504 pages
...a great river in its customary state is equal to a small or moderate one when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation,...invariable than the determination of his feelings towards the main object. The importance of this object held his , faculties in a state of excitement... | |
 | John Foster - 1833 - 324 pages
...great river, in its customary state, is equal to a small or moderate one when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation, and commencing them in action, was the same. 1 wonder what must have been the amount of that bribe, in emolument or pleasure, that would have detained... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1836 - 482 pages
...river in its customary state, is equal to a small or moderate sized one, when swelled to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation,...invariable than the determination of his. feelings towards the main object. The importance of this object held his faculties in a state of determination,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...great river, in its customary state, is equal to a small or moderate one when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation...after their final adjustment. The law which carries waler down a declivity was not more unconquerable and invariable than the determination of his feelings... | |
 | 1838 - 790 pages
...devotedness of Howard the Philanthropist, may with still greater propriety be applied to Paul the Apostle : " I wonder what must have been the amount of that bribe...emolument or pleasure, that would have detained him from his great work. The law which carries water down a declivity, was not more unconquerable and invariable... | |
 | William Innes - 1839 - 246 pages
...great river, in its customary state, is equal to a small or moderate one when swollen to a torrent. The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation,...invariable than the determination of his feelings towards the main object. The importance of this object held his faculties in a state of excitement... | |
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The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation, and commencing them in action, was the same. I wonder what must have been the amount of that bribe, in emolument or pleasure, that would have detained him a week inactive after their final adjustment. 
