| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?—or do we imagine we no longer 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 affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity- And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?— or do we imagine we no longer heed its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend.'— or do we imagine we no longer n««d its ansistancft— I hnvs lired, sir, a long- time; and the longer I live, (he... | |
| 1819 - 896 pages
...And have we now forgotten that 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,...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... | |
| 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
...applying to the 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... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ? or do we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I lire, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth ; that God governs in the affairs of men : and... | |
| John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...happy opportunity of consulting in peace, on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend ? or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance ? I have lived a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?~-or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance. — I have lived, sir, a long time ; and...convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in tJie affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?— or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance.— I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
| Theology - 1829 - 742 pages
...happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ? — or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more... | |
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