 | John Styles - 1821 - 308 pages
...conduct "implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that ht had one thing to do; and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." .Brainerd, indeed, "displayed a memorable example of this dedication of his whole being to his office,... | |
 | John Styles - 1821 - 298 pages
...conduct "implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he hud one thing to do; and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Brainerd, indeed, "displayed a memorable example of this dedication of his whole being to his office,... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1823 - 702 pages
...commit. 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...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance,... | |
 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 586 pages
...— 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...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 - 864 pages
...commit. 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...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance,... | |
 | 1825 - 90 pages
...This 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 hif forces, as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse thcmselvei, looks like insanity. His attention... | |
 | 1825 - 498 pages
...This 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 con. 59 in the cultivation of the young heart; and if judiciously managed, forms a subject of the highest... | |
 | John Foster - 1826 - 290 pages
...commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one tiling to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance,... | |
 | 1826 - 478 pages
...conduct 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 forces as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. — History of... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1827 - 276 pages
...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...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that, even at the greatest distance,... | |
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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... 
