 There is, as the Apostle has remarked, a way to strength through weakness. " Let me then be the most feeble creature alive, as long as that feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of my rational and immortal spirit ; as long as in that obscurity...  Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden - Page 2by Henry Woodhead - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Children's literature - 1848 - 800 pages
...at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and of truth. How many things are there besides, which I would not willingly see ; how many...weakness. Let me then be the most feeble creature alive, so long as that feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of my rational and immortal spirit ; so... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 720 pages
...at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and of truth. How many things are there besides, which I would not willingly see ; how many...weakness. Let me then be the most feeble creature alive, so long as that feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of my rational and immortal spirit; so... | |
 | John Milton - Authors, English - 1851 - 428 pages
...hesides whieh I would not willingly see ; how many whieh I must see against my will; and how few whieh I feel any anxiety to see! There is, as the Apostle...remarked, a way to strength through weakness. Let me then ho the most i feehle ereature alive, as long as that feehleness serves to invigorate the energies of... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and of truth. How many things are there besides which I would not willingly see ; how many...remarked, a way to strength through weakness. Let me then bo the most feeble creature alive, as long as that feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of... | |
 | 1856 - 864 pages
...liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and of truth. How many things are there, besides, which I would not willingly see — how many...which I must see against my will — and how few which 1 feel any anxiety to see! There i», as the Apostle has remarked, a way to strength through weakness.... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...things, while it leaves me at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and truth. There is, as the apostle has remarked, a way to strength through weakness. Let me be the most feeble creature alive, as long as my feebleness seems to invigorate the energies of my... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and of truth. How many things are there besides, which I would not willingly see; how many...feel any anxiety to see ! There is, as the apostle lias remarked, a way to strength through weakness. Let me then be the most feeble creature alive, as... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...are inclined to regard them as a paraphrase : — Let mo then be the most feoblo creature alive, so long as that feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of my rational and immortal spirit, so long as in that obsenrity in which I am enveloped the light of Divine Presence more clearly shines.... | |
 | 1866 - 950 pages
...at liberty to contemplate the beauty and stability of virtue and of truth. How many things are there besides, which I would not willingly see ; how many...creature alive, as long as that feebleness serves to invigorute the energies of my rational and immortal ppirit; as long as in that obscurity in which I... | |
 | Abijah Perkins Marvin - Massachusetts - 1870 - 614 pages
...Ruler of the universe, as John Milton in his blindness ; and join with him in his declaration : — ' There is, as the apostle has remarked, a way to strength...feebleness serves to invigorate the energies of my immortat spirit; as long as in that obscurity, in which I am enveloped, the light of the divine presence... | |
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