| 1849 - 612 Seiten
...instrument of torture and shame the ladder of ascent to Paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions of palms and amaranths ; the gardens of the blessed ; the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist and the sceptic view only gloom, decay,... | |
| William Francis Lynch - 1849 - 592 Seiten
...instrument of misfortune and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise, and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions of palms and amaranths,—the gardens of the blest, and the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist and... | |
| Mrs. L. G. Abell - 1850 - 462 Seiten
...instrument of torture and of shame, the ladder of ascent to paradise — and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions of palms and amaranths, the gardens of the blessed, the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist and the skeptic view only gloom, decay,... | |
| 1850 - 590 Seiten
...and far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions of the future, the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist and the sceptic view only gloom, annihilation, and despair. THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND ITS SUPPORT. PART I. ТПЕ affairs of the whole... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...Paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions of "isms and amaranths, the gardens of the blest, the security...view only gloom. decay, annihilation, and despair." — Sir H. Davy. ONE adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only ; an assured... | |
| 1852 - 840 Seiten
...instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions...view only gloom, decay, annihilation, and despair. — Sir Humphrey Davey. There is no book upon which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible. —... | |
| Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 Seiten
...vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, where the sensualist and the sceptic view only gloom, decay, annihilation, and despair." Then, after speaking of a hero dying in the arms of victory, he says : — " I consider the death of... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 Seiten
...instrument of fortune and of shame the ladder of a-'-eut to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions...amaranths, the gardens of the blest, the security of everlast; ing joys, where the sensualist and the sceptic only view , gloom., decay, annihilation, and... | |
| Pocket companion - 1854 - 118 Seiten
...instrument of torture and of shame a ladder of ascent to paradise ; and far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions...everlasting joys, where the sensualist and the sceptic only view gloom, decay, annihilation, and despair. How vast the treasures we possess ; How rich thy... | |
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