| Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1831 - 348 pages
...traced. " In hopeless monotony did my days glide on. Truly may I say that, in the morning, I cried, ' Would God it were evening !' and in the evening, ' would God it were morning !' Six months had passed since my first arrival in that fatal land. Lord Y , more than ever animated... | |
| Calvin Colton - 1833 - 510 pages
...they have no rest for the sole of their foot?" — till they are compelled "in the morning to say — would God it were evening — and in the evening, would God it were morning ? " — whom it is right to rob, a virtue to abuse, and pardonable to have annihilated? CHAPTER XIX.... | |
| Jesse Appleton - 1837 - 562 pages
...shalt fear day and night, and shall have none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, would God, it were evening, and in the evening, would God, it were morning, for the fear of thine heart, which thou shalt fear, and the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see.... | |
| John Donne - 1839 - 640 pages
...not know where to settle, nor what to wish ; but, as it follows there In the morning he shall say, Would God it were evening; and in the evening, Would God it were morning. And this is that which Solomon may have intended in his prayer, Give thy servant an understanding heart":... | |
| John Donne - 1839 - 648 pages
...not know where to settle, nor what to wish; but, as it follows there In the morning he ishall say, Would God it were evening; and in the evening, Would God it were morning. And this is that which Solomon may have intended in his prayer, Give thy servant an understanding heart":... | |
| 1841 - 730 pages
...and fatigue, of joy and sorrow, than to endure this dismal serenity — than to say in the morning, ' would God it were evening; and in the evening, would God it were morning.' " Here, then, we find one of the great Realities on which the attention of men ought to be fixed. The... | |
| 1745 - 522 pages
...and fatigue, of joy and sorrow, than to endure this dismal serenity — than to say in the morning, "would God it were evening!" and in the evening, "would God it were morning!" — Rev. C. Wolfe. SIMPLE FAITH OF AN AGED GREENLANDER. — About the year 1742, Mr. Drachart, the... | |
| George Washington Burnap - 1842 - 396 pages
...thou shalt fear night and day, and have no assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, ' Would God it were evening,' and in the evening, ' Would God it were morning,' for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt... | |
| Scotland Church of - 1845 - 768 pages
...may be appointed you. Through the acuteness of suffering, you may, in the morning, be led to exclaim, would God it were evening ; and in the evening, would God it were morning. Your pains, and sighs, and struggles, however, will at length have an end. And when all is over —... | |
| 1845 - 600 pages
...day, the tortures of au aching body and an upbraidmg conscience. Hear him cry out " in the morning, would God it were evening ; and in the evening, would God it were morning. When I lie down I say, when shall I rise and the night be gone ; and I am full of tossings to and fro... | |
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