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Hymns and Poems for the Sick and Suffering - Page 18
edited by - 1857 - 400 pages
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 58

1863 - 518 pages
...sign-painter. But the next verse is smeared even worse. Who does not re member the saintly man's words : " A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine...as for Thy laws, Makes that, and the action, fine." But, as Sam Weller remarked of Mr. Pickwick in a certain contingency, " his most formiliar friend voodn't...
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The Church

1872 - 722 pages
...fear of God," — that adds dignity to the lowliest occupation. George Herbert finely says, — • " Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine; " and Keble, — " The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask ; Room to deny...
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The Works of George Herbert: Poetry

George Herbert - 1846 - 432 pages
...divine : Who fweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the adlion fine. This is the famous ftone That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for lefs be told. 157. A Wreath. WREATHED garland of deferved praife, Of praife deferved, unto thee I give,...
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The wreath of lilies [meditations on the life of the virgin Mary] by the ...

Jane Eliza Leeson - 1847 - 256 pages
...Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine:...as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." Whether, however, it might be in returning from the fountain, which is still pointed out at Nazareth...
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 9

1851 - 790 pages
...— " All may of Thee partake — Nothing can be so mean Which, with this tincture, 'for Thy take,' Will not grow bright and clean. " A servant with this...Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as 'for His laws,' Makes that and th' action fine."* But full and direct knowledge can only come from instruction...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold, For that which God doth touch and own, Cannot for lew be told. [Oddly called by Herbert • The Pulley.'] When God at first made man, Having a glass...
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin - 1849 - 306 pages
...it much, most especially that chief of all purposes, the pleasing of God. Hence George Herbert — " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ;...as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." II Therefore, in the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of acting, we have choice of two...
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Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress, and on the life and times of John Bunyan ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 950 pages
...the heaven espy. All may of Thee partake ; Nothing .can be so mean. Which with this tincture for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with...Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room as for thy law*, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold ; For that...
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The servant' hall, ed. by a clergyman

Servants' hall - 1849 - 312 pages
... THE SERVANTS' HALL, EDITED BY A CLERGYMAN. 1 A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine :...Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine." HERBERT. FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE. LONDON:...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. ted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions, if we wa aud own, Cannot for less be told. [Sanan.] [Oddly called by Herbert • The PuU«jr" When Ood at first...
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