 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 712 Seiten
...it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the nature" gratification that accompanies it. If gratitude is...much more from . man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 Seiten
...attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompense pY2 k @ H 288 289 from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we... | |
 | 1880 - 208 Seiten
...attended with so much pleasure that, were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it for the gratification which accompanies it. —Addison* CXVI.—THE BOYS. You hear that boy laughing?—You... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1883 - 708 Seiten
...attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natura" gratification that accompanies it. If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1884 - 200 Seiten
...attended with so much pleasure, that, were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge...for the natural gratification that accompanies it. 2. If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker! The Supreme Being does... | |
 | Robert Ethol Welsh, Frederick George Edwards - 1889 - 372 Seiten
...Thy mercies, O my God," originally in thirteen stanzas, in connection with which Addison observes : " If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? Any blessing we enjoy, by what means soever derived, is the gift of Him Who is the great Author of... | |
 | Charles Seymour Robinson - 1893 - 598 Seiten
...given offers some very fitting observations, which might very appropriately be held in mind as we sing it: " If gratitude is due from man to man. how much more from man to his Maker ! The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even... | |
 | Samuel Willoughby Duffield - 1886 - 698 Seiten
...first appeared in No. 453 of the Spectator, August, 1712. In connection with it the author observes : " If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 316 Seiten
...attended with so much Pleasure, that were there no positive Command which enjoined it, nor any Recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous Mind would indulge...natural Gratification that accompanies it, If Gratitude, when exerted towards one another, nature ally produces a very pleasing Sensation in the Mind of a grateful... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 402 Seiten
...attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge...for the natural gratification that accompanies it. Him who is the great Author of good and Father of mercies. If gratitude, when exerted towards one another,... | |
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It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command... 
