 ... back on the tenor of my life, with the consciousness of few great offences to account for. There are blemishes, I confess, which deform in some degree the picture. But I know the benignity of the Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion...  The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie - Page 132by Henry Mackenzie - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Henry Mackenzie - English fiction - 1800 - 254 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought I shall enter into the society of the blessed, wise...had just fallen upon it. His eye began to moisten too—we sat for some time silent—At last, \tith an attempt to a look of more composure, " There... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - Benevolence - 1800 - 188 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought I shall enter into the society of the blessed, wise...angels, with the simplicity of children." He had by this 168 time clasped my hand, and found it wet by a tear which had just fallen upon it. — His eye began... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 290 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought I shall enter into the society of the blessed, wise...children." He had by this time clasped my hand, and found itwet by a tear which had just fallen upon it. His eye began to moisten too— we sat for some time... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1825
...the benignity of the Supreme Being, and rejoice at thetboughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought that I shall enter into the...had by this time clasped my hand, and found it wet with a tear which had just fallen upon it. His eye began to moisten too: we sat for some time silent.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...the benignity of the Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exercise in my favour. My mind " )? # en my heart, and make me almost wish to live. I have been blessed with a few friends, who redeem my... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky. The...These plots of cottage ground, these orchard tufts, eut for some time silent. At last, with an attempt at a look of more composure, ' There are some remembrances,'... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought ,' quoth he. ' Hold off; unhand me, gray-beard loon;'...he. He holds him with his glittering eye — The we baud, and found it wet by a tear which had just fallen upon it. His eye began to moisten too — we... | |
 | Lentush club - 1850 - 106 pages
...that he thinks have found truth, and so receives what they say with an implicit faith." — LOCKE. " He had by this time clasped my hand, and found it...to moisten too — we sat for some time silent."— MACKENZIE. " Another time, walking on the top of a fresh molehill, I fell to my neck in the hole, through... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favour. My mind expands at the thought I shall enter into the society of the blessed, wise...sat for some time silent. At last, with an attempt at a look of more composure, ' There are some remembrances,' said Harley, ' which rise involuntarily... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...Supreme Being, and rejoice at the thoughts of its exertion in my favor. My mind expands at the thought I shall enter into the society of the blessed, wise...it wet by a tear which had just fallen upon it. His eve began to moisten too ; wo sat for some time silent. At lost, with an attempt at a look of more... | |
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