| Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...' The Reason of Church Government,' he was preparing for some high work which should be of power " to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections in right tune— * * * * a work not to be raised from... | |
| 1842 - 630 pages
...857. (', L«mb. Temple of the Infinite » in which he worships. « These « ahilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but • yet to some,...power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and che• rish in a great people, the seeds of virtue and public civi• lily, to allay the perturbations... | |
| John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 422 pages
...gift of Poetry ! " These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility ; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections to a right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty... | |
| John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 428 pages
...gift of Poetry ! " These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections to a right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 686 pages
...speaks thus magnificently. " These abilities, wheresoever they bo found, are the inspired gift of Ood rarely bestowed, but yet to some, though most abuse, in every nation ; and are of power, — to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility — to allay... | |
| Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...they be found, are the inspired gifts of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some, though most abused, in every nation ; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people, the seeds of virtue and public civility ; to allay the perturbations... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...kinds of lyric poesy, to be incomparable. These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation : and are of power, besides the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1845 - 436 pages
...these he speaks thus magnificently ; — "These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some, though most abuse, in every nation ; and are of power, — - to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility, to allay the... | |
| Unitarianism - 1827 - 516 pages
...these he speaks thus magnificently: " These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation; and are of power, — to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility; to allay the... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...kinds of lyric poesy, to be incomparable. These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired besides the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public... | |
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