| English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Vet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...the skies ? Enthusiast1, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave...to Heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore His aid, in His decisions... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...the skies? Enthusiast*, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave...to Heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore His aid, in His decisions... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...? . " Enthusiast, cease ; petitions yet remain, " Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. " Still raise for good the supplicating voice, " But...to Heaven the measure and the choice. " Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar " The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; " Implore his aid, in his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav-n the measure and the choice; Safe in his pow-r whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure, whate-er he gives, he gives the best. , Yet when the sense of sacred presence... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...of the skies; Inquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which heaven may hear, nor deem religion rain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave...to heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...and the choice, Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar jEtot! " ^ ne secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; 40. " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, " Secure whate'er he gives he gives the best, " Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, " And strong devotion to the skies aspires, " Pour forth... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 270 pages
...measure and the choice ; Safe in His pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a secret pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best*. I am, Sir, Yours respectfully, PEREGRINE PLACID. * Vauity of Human Wishes. N" 89. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 644 pages
...his fate ? Inquirer, cease — petitions yet remain Which Heaven may hear — nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave...secret ambush of a specious prayer, Implore His aid, on His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence... | |
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