| 1820 - 856 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity? ' As, the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing^ tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered by providence,... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered by Providence,... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered by Providence,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs; so is it beautifully ordered by Providence,... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered by Providence,... | |
| Boston (Mass.) - 1826 - 426 pages
...except its living years. BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. "As the vine, which has long twined its folinge around the oak, and been lifted by it into sun-shine, will, when the hardy plant is rilled by the thunderbolt, cling around it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its scattered boughs;... | |
| Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 pages
...have had to record for many years! — Lon. pa. As the vine which has long twined its foliage around the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will,...the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling around it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its scattered boughs; so it is bountifully ordered... | |
| Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest Blasts of adversity. <. As the vine, which lias long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered by 'Providence,... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine which has long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and been lifted by it in sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing... | |
| Conduct of life - 1832 - 410 pages
...husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity. As the vine, which has long twined its graceful foliage...is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling round it with its caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs ; so is it beautifully ordered by Providence,... | |
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