 I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...  The London Quarterly Review - Strana 5231828Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Robert Polwhele - 1873 - 84 str.
...Humphry Davy, " I could choose what of all things would be at the same time the most delightful and useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing, for this makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly ones vanish, throws over... | |
 | Gates, Hades, Witness for Christ - 1874 - 186 str.
...: "I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others — not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, calling up the most delightful visions, where the sensualist and sceptic view only gloom, decay, and... | |
 | 1874 - 142 str.
...of mind or intellect in others, not genius, power, wit, or fancy, but if I could choose that which would be most delightful and I believe most useful...a firm religious belief to every other blessing." Poor man, you see what was wanting to him to make him happy, a firm religious belief; he had no firm... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 str.
...envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others — not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful and I believe...goodness; creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish; throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life... | |
 | Robert Dale Owen - 1875 - 424 str.
...qualities of the mind and intellect in others — nor genius, nor power, nor wit, nor fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful and, I...other blessing. For it makes life a discipline of gooduess, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, the destruction,... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 str.
...I envy not quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genins, power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...belief to every other blessing; for it makes life s discipline of goodness, — creates new hopes, when all hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay,... | |
 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 1875 - 228 str.
..." I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful and I believe...a firm religious belief to every other blessing." From what I have been able to learn from those who knew him best, Prof. Eaton was a firm believer in... | |
 | 1876 - 292 str.
...mind or intellect in others," says Sir Humphry Davy — " not genins, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, au,l throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 str.
...I envy not quality of the mind or intellect in others ; nor genius, power, wit, or fancy : but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes when all hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights... | |
 | Thomas Robinson - 1876 - 362 str.
...would be most delightful, and I belicve most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belicf to every other blessing. For it makes life a discipline...all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay and the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all rights; awakons life even in death ; and... | |
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