 | John Duncombe, John Hughes - English letters - 1773 - 998 pages
...tranfpofition, and yet really I think it good : 'tis in the fecond of thefe verfes about Jonathan, A name, which every wind to heaven would bear, Which men to fpeak, and angels joy to hear. I have tired you with my lucubrations, and fo I conclude, dear Sir,.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 418 pages
...withftood; " You 've met no doubt, and kindly us'd, the fame, " Of God-like Jonathan's iliuftrious name; " A name which every wind to heaven would bear, " Which men to fpeak, and angels joy to hear. 630 " No angel e'er bore to his brother Mind " A kindnefs more exalted... | |
 | George Rous - 1791 - 150 pages
...to begin with fplendor, ** or to clofe with glory a race of Patriots " and of Kings ; and to leave " A name which every wind to heaven would bear, " Which men to tell, and angels joy to hear." But is Mr. Burke really ignorant, that this patriot King maintains a... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 - 1794 - 466 pages
...begin with iplendor, " or to clofe with glory a race of Patriots '< and of Kings ; and to leave • ' f A name which every wind to heaven would bear, *' Which men to tell, and angels joy to near." But is Mr. Burke really ignorant, that this patriot King maintains a... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1809 - 322 pages
...626 " You 've met no doubt, and kindly us'd, the fame " Of God-like Jonathan's illustrious name; " A name which every wind to heaven would bear, " Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear. 630 " No angel e'er bore to his brother Mind " A kindness more exalted and refin'd, " Than his to David... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...withstood. You've met no doubt, and kindly used, the fame Of Godlike Jonathan's illustrious name ; A name which every wind to heaven would bear, Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear. No angel e'er bore to his brother Mind A kindness more exalted and refined, Than his to David ; which... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - American literature - 1835 - 290 pages
...— my mother believes that I have voluntarily thrown away my own advantage and happiness — thank Heaven, the wretchedness, as well as the fault, is...monotonous clouds that hung over the Lees. " MY DEAREST MOTHER, — I arrived safely at headquarters on the 22d. Colonel Ashley received me with open arms.... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1835 - 328 pages
...— thank Heaven, the wretchedness, as well as the fault, is all my own." Many may condemn Bessie^s unresisting weakness ; but who will venture to graduate...monotonous clouds that hung over the Lees. " MY DEAREST MOTHER, " I ARRIVED safely at head-quarters on the 22nd. Colonel Ashley received me with open arms.... | |
 | James Wyatt (F.G.S.) - 1843 - 80 pages
...little tongues, the owners of whom have been raised from ignorance and poverty by his munificence : " A name which every wind to heaven would bear, Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear." May his mantle fall on another, who shall extend the glorious privileges of education to the full length... | |
 | 1844 - 668 pages
...susceptibility of heart, meet in one person, the sooner the trials of life are over the better. CHAPTER Till. A name which every wind to Heaven would bear: Which...joy to hear. Another letter from Eliot broke like a (unbeam through the monotonous cloudi that hung over the Lees. " MY DEAREST MOTHER, " I arrived safely... | |
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Happy prince, worthy to begin with splendor or to close with glory a race of patriots and of kings, and to leave A name, which every wind to heaven would bear, Which men to speak, and angels joy to hear... 
