 | John W. Thomas - 1867 - 172 pages
...deep, Into my ears this truth — " Thou liv'st for ever." — Heaven and Earth: a Mystery. " How, raising our eyes to heaven, or directing them to the...existence of God ? Or how, turning them to what is within ns, can we doubt that there is something more noble and durable than the clay of which we are made?"... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1869 - 146 pages
...believed in a God could have acted as he is said to have acted. "How," said he to Count Gamba in 1820, "raising our eyes to heaven, or directing them to...and durable than the clay of which we are formed?" If his conversion to this belief was subsequent to his alleged crime, he would probably have put an... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 1869 - 676 pages
...pine wood, on a beautiful spring day, and all was conducive to religious meditation. ' How,' said he ' raising our eyes to heaven, or directing them to the...doubt of the existence of God? Or how, turning them inward, can we doubt that there is something within us more noble and more durable than the clay of... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 1869 - 480 pages
...pine wood, on a beautiful spring day, and all was conducive to religious meditation. 'How,' said he, ' raising our eyes to heaven, or directing them to the...doubt of the existence of God ? Or how, turning them inwards, can we doubt that there is something within us more noble and more durable than the clav of... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1877 - 736 pages
...Dryden's adoption of them in Ins Theodore and Honoria. Count Gamba relates that the first time he liad conversation with Lord Byron on the subject of religion...durable than the clay of which we are formed ? ' " The Pineta inspired also these beautiful lines in the 3rd canto of Don Juan : — " Swoet hour of twilight!—... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1897 - 744 pages
...Drydeu's adoption of them in his Theodore and Honorio,. Count Gamba relates that the first time he had conversation with Lord Byron on the subject of religion...which we are formed ? ' " The Fineta inspired also these beautiful lines in the 3rd canto of Don Juan : — Sweet hour of twilight !— in the solitude... | |
 | Pauline W. Roose - 1900 - 294 pages
...of pines. The scene invited to religious meditation. It was a fine day in spring. ' How,' he said, ' raising our eyes to heaven, or directing them to the...noble and durable than the clay of which we are formed ? ' " Goethe's testimony is of a very positive character. ) "It is to a thinking being," he says, "quite... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 652 pages
...pines. The scene invited to religious meditation. It was a fine day in spring. • How,' he said, ' raising our eyes to heaven, or directing them to the...noble and durable than the clay of which we are formed ? ' "—Count Gamb2. ] cv. Were the sole echoes, save my steed's and mine, And Vesper bell's that rose... | |
 | Richard Edgcumbe - 1909 - 456 pages
...Pineta on a beautiful spring day. " How,' said Byron, " when we raise our eyes to heaven, or direct them to the earth, can we doubt of the existence of God ? or how, turning them inwards, can we doubt that there is something within us, more noble and more durable than the clay... | |
 | Francis Henry Gribble - 1910 - 428 pages
...Pineta on a beautiful Spring day. ' How,' said Byron, ' when we raise our eyes to heaven, or direct them to the earth, can we doubt of the existence of God ? or how, turning them inwards, can we doubt that there is something within us, more noble and more durable than the clay... | |
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