 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...be deemed just, neither U it a sum to be tint' •lerly regarded. HayicarJ. If I have done well, h is that which I desired ; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain to. a Maumltti, SLE'NDERNESS. ns [from ilender.'} i. Thinness; smallness of circumference. Small whistles... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...which they have laboured to interpret. Such an apology is there, 2. Mac. xv. 38. ' If I have done well, it is that which I desired ; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." 2 Mac. ii. 23. the author tells us, he will essay to abridge in one volume the five books of Jason... | |
 | 1826 - 638 pages
...to admit the contemplation of any distant period. " If I have done well, and as fitting the subject, it is that which I desired ; but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." Lexicon Greeco-Lntinum in Novum Testttmentum, Congessit Tno. FRIEDKR. SCHLSUSNER, In oompsudim JOANNES... | |
 | 1814 - 630 pages
...he can, that the Holy Ghost should make such a speech as this—" If I have done well—it is what I desired, but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.t" Or as your Vulgar has it, Si fytidem bene, et ut historic competit, hoc et ipse veKm: si autem... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 508 pages
...he did not receive it by divine inspiration ; for he tays, Jf I have done well, and as it is Jilting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly...and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto, chap. xv. 38. which is very honestly said; but not like an inspired writer, and therefore nothing that... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 512 pages
...he did not receive it by divine inspiration; for h« gays, If I have done well, and as it in Jilting the story, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and me 'inly, it is that which I could attain unto, chup. xv. 38. which is very honestly said; tut not... | |
 | William Davis - 1821 - 776 pages
...the present instance be diminished, — •• And if I have done well and as fitting the occasion, it is that which I desired — but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." "Natare will have her course, and dull Books will be forgotten in ipite of Bibliographers." Campbell.... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott - 1824 - 376 pages
...a venerable though apocryphal writer, " Here will I make an end. And if 1 have done well, and as is fitting " the story, it is that which I desired ;...and meanly, " it is that which I could attain unto." * MG • 2 Maccabees, chap. xv. ver. 37, 38. APPENDIX, APPENDIX. IT will appear from the following... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 684 pages
...words, which are utterly unworthy of a person writing by inspiration. //' / hate done well, and аз is fitting the story, it is that which I desired, but...and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto. (2 Mace. xv. 3d.) Dick's Essay on the Inspiration of the Scriptures, p. 71. * The testimony of Josephus... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 682 pages
...TAKE IN BAND DO THOU DIRECT ! rSAL. XC. 17. BISHOP HOKSLEY'S VERSION. IF I HAVE DONE WELL AND AS IS FITTING THE STORY, IT IS THAT WHICH I DESIRED ; BUT...AND MEANLY, IT IS THAT WHICH I COULD ATTAIN UNTO. 2 MACCABEES IV. 38. DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. ORDER FOR PLACING THE ENGRAVINGS AND MAPS. The Fac-Simile... | |
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And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto. 
