 The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men ; and I should imagine that neither Luther nor John Bunyan, for example, would have satisfied the modern demand for an ideal hero, who believes nothing but...  Scenes of clerical life. The lifted veil - Page 114by George Eliot - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1857 - 992 pages
...riddling process. The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily do« not wait to be done by perfect men ; and I should imagine that neither Luther...graceful. The real heroes, of God's making, are quite différent : they have their natural heritage of love and conscience which they drew in with their... | |
 | American periodicals - 1857 - 850 pages
...riddling process. The blessed work.'W'helping the world forward, happily A№fs not wait to.be done by perfect men ; and I should imagine that neither Luther...graceful. The real heroes, of God's making, are quite difierent : they have their natural heritage of love and conscience which they drew in with their mother's... | |
 | English literature - 1866 - 566 pages
...neither Luther nor John Banyan, for example, would Iwvt satisfied the modern demand for an ideal hera, who believes nothing but what is true, feels nothing...nothing but what is graceful. The real heroes, of God's mnking, are quite different : they have their natural heritage of love and conscience which they drew... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 482 pages
...helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men : and it is more than probable that neither Luther nor John Bunyan, for example,...is exalted, and does nothing but what is graceful." LETTERS. 363 CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONVERSATIONS — THE DOCTOR AND THE LADIES — DEATH OF BEAUCLERK —... | |
 | Alexander Main - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 480 pages
...nor John Bunyan, for example, would have satisfled the modern demand for an ideal hero, who bclin>es nothing but what is true, feels nothing but what is exalted, and dois nothing but what is graceful," CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONVERSATIONS—THE DOCTOR AND THE LADIES—DEATH... | |
 | 1876 - 514 pages
...riddling process. The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily, does not wait to be done by perfect men, and I should imagine that neither Luther...ideal hero, who believes nothing but what is true, and feels nothing but what is exalted, and does nothing but what is graceful. The real heroes of God's... | |
 | Henry H. Lancaster - English literature - 1876 - 512 pages
...riddling process. The blessed work of helping the world forward happily does not wait to be done by perfect men, and I should imagine that neither Luther nor John Bunyan, for example, would have sfitisfied the modem demand for an ideal hero, who believes nothing but what is true, feels nothing... | |
 | Mathilde Blind - 1883 - 238 pages
...but, as she adds, " The blessed work of helping the world forward happily does not wait to be done by perfect men ; and I should imagine that neither Luther...does nothing but what is graceful. The real heroes 01 God's making are quite different : they have their natural heritage of love and conscience, which... | |
 | George Eliot - 1886 - 626 pages
...riddling process. The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men; and I should imagine that neither Luther nor John Bunyan, for example, i would have satisfied the modern demand for an ideal hero, who believes nothing but what is true,... | |
 | Mathilde Blind - Novelists, English - 1889 - 314 pages
...but, as she adds, "The blessed work of helping the world forward happily does not wait to be done by perfect men ; and I should imagine that neither Luther...modern demand for an ideal hero, who believes nothing 137 but what is true, feels nothing but what is exalted, and does nothing but what is graceful. The... | |
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