| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...need its assistance ?—I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincihg proofs I see of this truth, That GOD governs in the...build the house, they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...and the longer I live, (he mare convincing proofs I see of this truth, That GOB gmerns in the afairt of men! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.'' 1 firmly believe this; and I also believe, that without his concurring... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...the lonqvr I live-. i'.>e more convincing proofs I see of this truth, That Goo gaveriu in the a/airs of men.' And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground...Sacred Writings, that " except the Lord build the bouse, they labor in vain that build it." 1 firmly believe this; and I also believe, that without his... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...That GOD governs ••• the affairs of men I And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground with' out his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise...Writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that without his concurring... | |
| 1821 - 702 pages
...the Father of lights to illuminate their understandings? " I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs...writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it" I firmly believe this; and I also believe, that without his concurring... | |
| 664 pages
...the Father of lights to illuminate their understandings? " I have lived. Sir, (said he) a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs...writings, that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build • it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that without his concurring... | |
| 1819 - 896 pages
...powerful Friend 1 Or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance 1 I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs...that God governs in the affairs of men ! And if a »parrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...forgotten that powerful friend ? or do we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs...the affairs of men : and if a sparrow cannot fall without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 628 pages
...long time; and the longer I live, tine more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable Unit an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...Father of lights lo illuminate their understandings?—" I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs ofmeii. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it... | |
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