There is the enjoyment of life, indeed ! Who can blame that man for not accepting of a Bishopric ! What doth he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind ! " Towards the latter part of his life, he went through his duty with great... The Life of Bernard Gilpin - Página xlivde William Gilpin - 1830 - 264 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1815 - 702 páginas
...into this exclamation : There is the enjoyment of life indeed ! Who can blame that man for refusing 'a bishopric? ;What doth he want, to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind ?' Vol. I. p. 262. A tribute equally honourable to the noble Statesman, and to the worthy Pastor. We... | |
| 1815 - 670 páginas
...into this exclamation : There is the enjoyment of life indeed ! Who can blame that mau for refusing a bishopric? What doth he want, to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind ?' Vol. I. p. 262. A tribute equally honourable to the noble Statesman, and to the worthy Pastor. We... | |
| William Gilpin - 1824 - 294 páginas
...having kept his eye fixed upon it for some time, in his reverie he broke out into this exclamation: " There is the enjoyment of life indeed ! — who can...him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind?" CHAPTER IX. Obtains a Charter for his School — stiffers persecution from his enemies — his death... | |
| Maria Hack - 1825 - 490 páginas
...then exclaimed: "-There is the enjoyment of life, indeed ! Who can blame that man for not accepting a bishopric : what doth he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind*!" That support and assistance which Elizabeth afforded to the cause of Reformation in Scotland, she was... | |
| Moral biography - 1828 - 444 páginas
...There is the enjoyment of life indeed ! Who can blame that man for not accepting a bishopric? What does he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind?" The great statesman, comparing the cares and anxieties of hig-h 1 •lace and court attendance, with... | |
| William Gilpin - 1833 - 104 páginas
...is the enjoyment of life indeed ! who can blame that man for not accepting a bishopric ! what does he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind !" The observation of this distinguished man was drawn forth merely by his satisfaction with the worldly... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...into this exclamation, " There is enjoyment of life indeed; who can blame that man for not accepting a bishopric ? What doth he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind ?" Mr. Gilpin's whole life was a series of pious, generous, and charitable acts; yet he was not possessed... | |
| George Atkinson - 1849 - 330 páginas
...having kept his eye fixed upon it for some time, his reverie broke out into this exclamation : — " There is the enjoyment of life, indeed ! Who can blame...him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind ! " Towards the latter part of his life, he went through his duty with great difficulty. His health... | |
| Bradford Kinney Peirce - 1851 - 512 páginas
...this exclamation: ' There is the enjoyment of life indeed! Who can blame that man for not accepting a bishopric ? What doth he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind !' " How could the death of such a man be otherwise than peaceful. He had not feared to burn; and the... | |
| William Gilpin - 1854 - 164 páginas
...this exclamation : " There is the enjoyment of life, indeed ! who can blame that man for not accepting a bishopric ! what doth he want to make him greater, or happier, or more useful to mankind ! " SECTION IX. THE last business in which Mr. Gilpin engaged, was the settlement of his school ; it... | |
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