 | 1859 - 632 pages
...that Cowper's lines were ever before the minds of certain preachers of the present day : — "'Tie pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul;...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...trim, 460 And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador,...grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...trim, 460 And quaint, in its deportment and attire. Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. AHe that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador,...grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware 465 Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful T« court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pages
...mind— demands a doubt : He that negotiates between God and man, As G;»d's a uba-isador, the s^nnd concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of...in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when yon should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. . He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware f Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...grandeur blush ! proud Courts '. withdraw your blaze ; Ye little stars ! bide your diminished rays. id. He that negotiates between God and man As God's ambassador,...judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness of his speech. Cowper. Here dons, grandee*, but chiefly dames abound. Skilled in the ogle of a roguish... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 798 pages
...gmtitwr I;.-!.' prood Courti ! withdraw your blaze ; Ye little f tars ! hide your diminished rays. Id. He that negotiates between God and man As God's ambassador,...judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness of his speech. C'owptr. Hen dons, yramdttt, but chiefly dames abound. Skilled in the ogle of a roguish... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...Like are their merit«, like rewards they share ; That shines a consul, this commissioner Id. DvrcM. Tis pitiful To court a grin when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity should inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in it's deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind— demands a doubt. He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'T is pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1839 - 510 pages
...permanent characteristics, were eminently conspicuous at this period, while learning to "Negotiate between God and man, "As God's ambassador, the grand concerns " Of judgment and of mercy." With the most exalted views of the holy office to whicfl he was looking forward, and of the qualifications... | |
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He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic... 
