 | 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...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
...of conviction, that he had one thing to do ; and that he, who w.ould do some great thing in this L short life, must apply himself to the work with such...forces, as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse them; selves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object,... | |
 | 1827 - 512 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 force as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. [History of Missions.... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 1829 - 894 pages
...Howard,) " 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." Mr. Mills is said by his biographer to have had a principal share in the formation of several of the... | |
 | John Foster - 1830 - 116 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,... | |
 | 1830 - 396 pages
...Howard,) " 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." Mr. Mills is said by his biographer to have had a principal share in the formation of several of the... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - 1831 - 388 pages
...commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one. Iking 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,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 498 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,... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1832 - 516 pages
...implied an inconceivable severity of " conviction, that he had one tMng to do ; and that " he, who would do some great thing in this short " life, must apply himself to the work with such "ai concentration of his forces, as, to idle spec" tators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks... | |
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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... 
