 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...the lonqvr I live-. i'.>e more convincing proofs I see of this truth, That Goo gaveriu in the a/airs of men.' And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...can rise without his aid! — We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " except the Lord build the bouse, they labor in vain that build... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...That GOD governs ••• the affairs of men I And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground with' out his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? — We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...understandings? " I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs...Empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
 | 664 pages
...understandings? " I have lived. Sir, (said he) a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs...Empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men ! And if a »parrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid 1— We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writing«, that " except the Lord build the house, they... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs ofmeii. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without...empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...proofs I see of this truth ; that God governs in the affairs of men : and if a sparrow cannot fall without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in rain that build... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...proofs I see of this truth ; that God governs in the affairs of men : and if a sparrow cannot fall without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...need its assistance ? I have lived a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs...notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without h(s aid ? We have been assured, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 558 pages
...its assistance.— I have lived, sir, a long time : and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs...can rise without his aid ? — We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build... | |
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I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without... 
