 | Religion - 1811 - 872 pages
...my command. They come at my call, and return when I desire them. They are never out of humour, and answer all my questions with readiness. Some present,...of wit; and some there are who prepare my soul to süßer every thing, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughlyacquainted wilh itself. Indeed, they... | |
 | 1811 - 868 pages
...soul," belongs more properly to religion. Books are the food, but religion is the medicine, of the mind. and those how to die; these dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me bv their Sullies of wit; and some there are who prepare my soul to sutler every thing, to desire nothing,... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...in review before me the events of past ages; others recal to me the secrets of nature ; these tearh me how to live, and those how to die : these dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me by then ' sallies of wit ; and some there are who prepare my soul to suffer every thing, to desire nothing,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 422 pages
...council, and in letters. Easy to live with, always at my command, they come at my call, and return when I desire them ; they are never out of humour ; and they...amuse me by their sallies of wit ; and some there are, which prepare my soul to suffer every thing, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 568 pages
...always at my command; they come at my call, and return when I desire them : they are never out of humor, and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some...amuse me by their sallies of wit ; and some there are, whopreparc my soul to suffer every thing, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - 1852 - 358 pages
...questions with readiness. Some present, in review before me, the events of the past. Others reveal the secrets of nature. These teach me how to live, and those how to die. This beautiful account of my books is quoted from Petrarch. The Fourth of July was celebrated throughout... | |
 | Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1863 - 424 pages
...all my questions with readiness. 204 PINK OLD P.OY9. Some present before me, in review, the eveuts of past ages ; others reveal to me the secrets of...sallies of wit ; and some there are who prepare my sonl to suffer everything, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. As a... | |
 | Leo Hartley Grindon - 1866 - 592 pages
...never out of humor, and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some present before me, in review, the events of past ages ; others reveal to me the...wit, and some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, 1^ to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. Aa a reward of such... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - Anthologies - 1911 - 452 pages
...council, and in letters ; easy to live with, always at my command. They come at my call, and return when I desire them : they are never out of humour, and they...: and some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. In a word, they open... | |
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I desire them : they are never out of humour, and they answer all my questions with readiness, Some present in review before me the events of past ages ; others reveal to me the secrets of Nature : these teach me how to live, and those how to die : these... 
