 Our ignorance is the cause Why thus we blame our Maker's laws ; Parts of his ways alone we know ; 'Tis all that man can see below. " Seest thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou, dear Dick, hast well begun'?  The Works of Hannah More - Page 386by Hannah More - 1836Full view - About this book
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...thus we blame our Maker's laws ; Parts of His ways alone we know, 'Tis all that man can see below. " Seest thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou,...meaning's there conveyed ; For where's the middle, where 's the border ? Thy carpet now is all disorder." Quoth Dick, " My work is yet in bits : But still... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...we blame our Maker's laws ; Parts of his ways alone we know ; 'Tis all that man can see below. 1. " See'st thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou,...confusion there, So rude the mass it makes one stare ! 8. " A stranger, ignorant of the trade, Would say, no meaning's there conveyed ; For where's the... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...we blame our Maker's laws ; Parts of his -ways alone we know ; 'Tis all that man can see below. 7. " See'st thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou,...hast well begun ? Behold the wild confusion there, 8. " A stranger, ignorant of the trade, Would say, no meaning's there conveyed ; For where's the middle... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1869 - 348 pages
...thus we blame our Maker's laws ; Parts of His ways alone we know, 'Tis all that man can see below. " Seest thou that carpet not half done, Which thou,...makes one stare! " A stranger, ignorant of the trade, AVould say no meaning's there convoyed : For where's the middle, where'u the border? The carpet noir... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...thus we blame our Maker's laws ; Parts nf his vxiys alone we know ; 'Tis all that man can see below. "Seest thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou,...confusion there, So rude the mass, it makes one stare ! HANNAH MORE. " A stranger, ignorant of the trade, Would say, no meaning's there convey1 d ; For where's... | |
 | Young housekeeper - 1869 - 426 pages
...thus we blame our Maker's laws. Parts of Sis ways alone we know ; 'Tis all that man can see below. ' ' Seest thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou,...confusion there; So rude the mass, it makes one stare I "A stranger, ign'rant of the trade, Would say, no meaning's there convey'd; For where's the middle,... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1870 - 204 pages
...man can see below. " See'st thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou, dear Dick, hast well begun 1 Behold the wild confusion there, So rude the mass...trade, Would say, no meaning's there conveyed ; For where:s the middle ? Where's the border 1 Thy carpet now is all disorder." * Quoth Dick, " My work... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...blame our Maker's laws ; Parts of his ways alone we know ; — 'Tis all that man can see below. 7. " Seest thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou, dear Dick, hast well begun'1 ? Behold the wild confusion there', So rude the mass', it makes one stare' ! 8. " A stranger',... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1872 - 302 pages
...thus we blame our Maker's laws: Parti of his ways alone we know; 'T is all that man can see below. "Seest thou that carpet, not half done, • Which...confusion there; So rude the mass it makes one stare 1 " A stranger, ign'rant of the trade, Would say, No meaning's there conveyed ; For where V the middle,... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1872 - 776 pages
...know ; 'Tis all that man can see below. " Seest thou that carpet, not half done, Which thou, friend Dick, hast well begun ? Behold the wild confusion...So rude the mass, it makes one stare. " A stranger, ign'rant of the trade, Would say no meaning's there convey'd ; For where's the middle, where's the... | |
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