 | John Scott - Europe - 1829 - 670 pages
...ought to offer at his rising, he has told me that he made one applicable to his work, and never sat down to composition without first begging God to enlighten...follow its dictates without flattery or detraction." — How does such a contrast reproach the irreligion of our Humes and our Gibbons, not to say also... | |
 | John Scott - Lutheran Church - 1832 - 644 pages
...ought to offer at his rising, he has told me that he made one applicable to his work, and never sat down to composition without first begging God to enlighten him with a knowledge of the truth, and to enable him to follow its dictates without flattery or detraction." — How does such a contrast... | |
 | 1856 - 902 pages
...historical work, and never sat down to composition without first begging God to enlighten him with я knowledge of the truth, and enable him to follow its dictates without flattery or detraction. ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - English periodicals - 1888 - 540 pages
...offer at his rising, he made one applicable to his work, and never sat down to composition without begging God to enlighten him with a knowledge of the...his judgment may be deficient, and he confidently commits his work to the unbiassed sentence of posterity.' 1 The History was begun in 1593, and the... | |
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Thuanus thus writes concerning himself, in the third person, in a memoir which he has left of his life : " .Besides the daily prayers, which every Christian ought to offer at his rising, he has told me that he made one applicable to his work, and never... 