| Juvenal - 1873 - 280 pagine
...reverses the Greek proverb : " '(Уфе Qeùv àhéоvat ¡ívto,, ¿Ягонот î5е Яетгга." " Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience grinds He ever, still exactly grinds He all." ' As to ' diadema,' see viii. 259, n. It is not hard... | |
| Charles Kingsley - 1873 - 334 pagine
...which He makes the old world new. And as Longfellow says of moral things, so may we of physical:— 'Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. Though He sit, and wait with patience, with exactness grinds He all.' The lighter and more soluble particles,... | |
| Henry Bleckly - 1873 - 172 pagine
...material into those higher forms it is predestined to assume. " The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness he grinds all."* Mr. L. And the process is evermore subservient to the product. The material fabric,... | |
| Geological Survey of Ohio - 1873 - 830 pagine
...which are recorded in the earth's crust are the product of slowly acting, though resistless forces. " Though the mills of God grind slowly Yet they grind exceeding small." This is scarcely the place to discuss the phenomena of mountain formation, but I may say in passing... | |
| Proverbial folk-lore - 1874 - 176 pagine
...Beware of little sins, and of all the "onlys," 'Only this once' has cost many a life and character. The Pitcher, that goes often to the well, gets broken...future many lands have their sayings. L'homme propose, Mait Dieu dispose. 'Man appoints, God disappoints' is onr English, less pleasing version. Every bullet... | |
| Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - 1874 - 732 pagine
...coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind...patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give... | |
| Margaret Jane Cook Westcott - 1874 - 400 pagine
...THEMSELVES," IF NOT " UPON THEIR CHILDREN." " Men never will be wise till they are fools Forever." BAILEY. "Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though He stands and waits with patience, with exactness grinds He all." , come up hither ! " And hearing... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pagine
...learn ; Something with passion clasp or perish, And in itself to ashes burn. Motto, Hyperion. Book ii. Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; l Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. Retribution. From the Sinngedichte... | |
| 1874 - 454 pagine
...viii. 11. — The punishment of the Amalekites, though long delayed, fell upon them at last. " Thouеh the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they grind exceeding small ; Though He stand and wait with patience. With exactness grinds He all." 2. God has given иs plain commands... | |
| Emma Jane Worboise - 1875 - 564 pagine
...coiling snake, That lurk in beds of flowers and tangled brake : The deadliest enemy of man is man." " Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind...He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all." THE General was delighted with Edith. Though only the wreck of what he had been, he was able now to... | |
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