| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 636 pagine
...words of the publication itself. ' Phys. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose...and divinity : makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| 1850 - 698 pagine
...the following memorable testimonies : — " I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, — not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose...and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 646 pagine
...words of the publication itself. ' Phys. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but, if I could choose...and divinity : makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far ahove all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 300 pagine
...from the temple even by violence. PHYS. — I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but if I could choose...beauty and divinity: makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| 1828 - 592 pagine
...I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but, if 1 could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...and divinity : makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| 1829 - 512 pagine
...sentence, which also occurs in iSalmonia. " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy : but if I could choose...and divinity : makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| 1830 - 494 pagine
...the mighty abyss of waters." Again : — " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but if I could choose...and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| 1830 - 478 pagine
...the mighty abyss of waters." Again : — " I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose...and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| William Jerdan - 1830 - 432 pagine
...me, I should prefer a firm religious belief, to every other blessing ; for it makes life a thorough discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all...and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to Paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pagine
...and looking forward to a better state of existence. " I envy," says he, " no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; be it genius, power, wit, or...and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls... | |
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