 I had heard the subject handled a thousand times : I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little did I suppose, that in the wild woods of America, I was to meet with a man whose eloquence would give, to this topic, a new and more sublime pathos than I had...  Anecdotes of the Blind - Page 31by Abram V. Courtney - 1835 - 52 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John W. Iliff - 1893 - 616 pages
...my breast, were those of mingled pity and veneration. Hut ah! how noon were all my feelings changed! It was a day of the administration of the sacrament,...subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. I had heard the subject handled a thousand times; I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little did I... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 504 pages
...touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But how soon were all mv feelings changed I The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the lips of this holv man 1 It was a day of the administration of the sacrament; and his subject was, of course, the... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 538 pages
...first emotions that touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But how soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never...the administration of the sacrament; and his subject was, of course, the passion of our Saviour. I have heard the subject handled a thousand times ; I had... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 564 pages
...touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But how soon were all my feelings changed 1 The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic...the administration of the sacrament; and his subject was, of course, the passion of our Saviour. I have beard the subject handled a thousand times ; I had... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 554 pages
...first emotions that touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But how soon were all my feelings changed! , The lips of Plato were never more worthy of aljjfbgrwsnaVwarm of bees, than were the lips of this holy man ! It was a day of the administration... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - 1896 - 478 pages
...touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But how soon were all my feelings changed ! It was a day of the administration of the sacrament...subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. I had heard the subject handled a thousand times. I had thought it exhausted long ago. " Little did... | |
 | Mary Ashton Livermore - 1897 - 750 pages
...eloquence, such as he had never before heard. The preacher was old and blind ; but, according to Wirt, " The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were those of that aged saint." Perhaps our preacher might prove equally inspired. I would, at least, be... | |
 | Mary Ashton Livermore - 1897 - 774 pages
...eloquence, such as he had never before heard. The preacher was old and blind ; but, according to Wirt, " The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were those of that aged saint," Perhaps our preacher might prove equally inspired. I would, at least, be... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pages
...first emotions that touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But how soon were all my feelings changed. The lips of Plato were never...and his subject, of course, was the passion of our Savior. I had heard the subject handled a thousand times; I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 644 pages
...touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration. But ah ! sacred God ! how soon were all my feelings changed! The lips of Plato were never...and his subject, of course, was the passion of our Savior. I had heard the subject handled a thousand times; I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little... | |
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