 Did not he magnify the mind, show clear Just what it all meant? He would not discount life, as fools do here, Paid by instalment. He ventured neck or nothing - heaven's success Found, or earth's failure: 'Wilt thou trust death or not?  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Pagina 501geredigeerd door - 1867Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pagina’s
...premature, Heedless of far gain, Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure Bad is our bargain ! ioc Was it not great ? did not he throw on God (He loves the burthen) — God'b task to make the heavenly period Perfect the earthen ? Did not he magnify the mind, show... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 pagina’s
...gain, Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure, Bad is our bargain ! Was it not great ? did he not throw on God, (He loves the burthen) — God's task...discount life, as fools do here, Paid by instalment ! He ventured neck or nothing — heaven's success Found, or earth's failure : " Wilt thou trust death... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1863 - 580 pagina’s
...who devotes this life wholly to the preliminary toil of mastering the rudiments of language : " Was it not great? Did not he throw on God (He loves the...discount life, as fools do here, Paid by instalment ! He ventured neck-or-nothing— heaven's success Found, or earth's failure : ' Wilt thou trust death,... | |
 | 1863 - 584 pagina’s
...devotes this life •wholly to the preliminary toil of mastering the rudiments of language : " Was it not great? Did not he throw on God (He loves the...discount life, as fools do here, Paid by instalment ! He ventured neck-or-nothing — heaven's success Found, or earth's failure : ' Wilt thou trust death,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1863 - 360 pagina’s
...gain, Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure, Bad is our bargain ! Was it not great ? did he not throw on God, (He loves the burthen) — God's task to make the heavenly period Did not he magnify the mind, show clear Just what it all meant ? He would not discount life, as fools... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 pagina’s
...gain, Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure, Bad is our bargain ! Was it not great ? did he not throw on God, • (He loves the burthen) — God's...discount life, as fools do here, Paid by instalment ! He ventured neck or nothing, — heaven's success Found, or earth's failure : " Wilt thou trust death... | |
 | 1867 - 590 pagina’s
...premature, Heedless of far gain ; Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure, Bad is our bargain ! Was it not great ? Did not he throw on God (He loves the burthen), God's'task'to make the heavenly period Perfect the earthen ? Did not he magnify the mind, show clear... | |
 | Brooke Foss Westcott - 1868 - 460 pagina’s
...circle premature Heedless of far gain, Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure Bad is our bargain ! Was it not great? did not he throw on God, (He loves the...task to make the heavenly period Perfect the earthen That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pagina’s
...gain, Greedy for quick returns of profit, sure, Bad is our bargain ! Was it not great ? did he not throw on God, ( He loves the burthen ) — God's task...discount life, as fools do here, Paid by instalment! He ventured neck or nothing, — heaven's success Found, or earth's failure : That low man seeks a... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1873 - 516 pagina’s
...the disgrace." Bold words, as Luther's so often were. To apply others in a poem by Mr. Browning, " Did not he throw on God (He loves the burthen)—...task to make the heavenly period Perfect the earthen ?" Every reflecting worker together with God (in apostolic phrase) is well said to feel more and more,... | |
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