It cannot be this ; the most friendless of human beings has a country which he admires and extols, and which he would, in the same circumstances, prefer to all others under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters... Sermons - Page 4by Sydney Smith - 1801Full view - About this book
| 1800 - 770 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the faireft face of nature, place him by living waters, under ihadowy cedars of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous...the climates of the fun ; he will love the rocks and defcrts of his childhood better than all thefe, and thou canil not bribe his foul to forget the Inml... | |
| English literature - 1800 - 830 pages
...heaven. Tempt him with the faireft face of nature, place him by living waters, under (hadowy cedars ot Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements...the climates of the fun ; he will love the rocks and deferti of his childhood better than all thefe,1 and thou canlt not bribe his foul to forget the land... | |
| Sydney Smith - Sermons, English - 1809 - 456 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters, under shadowy cedars of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the climates of the sun ; he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou canst not... | |
| 1855 - 676 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters under shadowy trees of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the sunniest climates, he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou... | |
| Sydney Smith - Sermons, English - 1846 - 376 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters, under shadowy cedars of Lebanon ; open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the climates of the sun ; he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou canst not... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters under shadowy trees of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the sunniest climates, he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters under shadowy trees of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the climates of the sun, he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou canst not... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters under shadowy trees of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the climates of the sun, he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou canst not... | |
| Greek - 1859 - 568 pages
...under heaven. Tempt him with the fairest face of nature, place him by living waters under shadowy trees of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the climates of the sun, he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou canst not... | |
| Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...enfance— 6 it it only that, cela provient-il uniquement de ce que. living waters under shadowy trees of Lebanon, open to his view all the gorgeous allurements of the climates of the sun,—he will love the rocks and deserts of his childhood better than all these, and thou canst not... | |
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