| Samuel Thomas Bloomfield - 1837 - 656 pages
...this life. This fine turn is, as Wets, observes, imitated by Milton in his Paradise Lost, B. iv. 55. " A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays ; at once Indebted and discharged." — ri» hifov] for таг *\ч'1чг, ie any person with whom we have any connection. So our Lord,... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...higher Would set me highest, and in a moment quit The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burdensome, still paying, still to owe, Forgetful what from him...at once Indebted and discharged ; what burden then ? O had his powerful destiny ordained Me some inferior Angel, I had stood Then happy ; no unbounded... | |
| Bible - 1838 - 586 pages
...endless gratitude, So burdensome still paying, still to owe, Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays. at once Indebted and discharg'd : what burden then ? O, had his powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferiour Angel, I had... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...still to owe ; Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd, And understood not that a grateful mind w By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged ; what burden then ? O had his powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel, I had stood Then happy ; no unbounded... | |
| Fashion - 472 pages
...discharge such a debt, if it were possible. It is good for man to feel grateful ; a well-constituted mind " by owing owes not, but still pays — at once indebted and discharged ;" but it is graceful to show, when an opportunity occurs, that we do not forget the benefits we have... | |
| Thomas H. Palmer - Education - 1840 - 328 pages
...arranged our constitution, that we gain rather than lose, by the voluntary payment of such debts. • A grateful mind , By owing, owes not ; but still pays,...at once Indebted and discharged ; what burden, then .'" — Milton. Perhaps nothing can exibit this beautiful truth, in a more striking point of view,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...endless gratitude, So burthensomc still paying, still to owe, Forgetful \vhat from him I still rocciv'd, s, if your ears be true) Beds of hyacinth and roses, Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waiing wel discharg'd; what burthen then? О had his powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel, I had slood... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...gratitude, . " So burdensome, still paying, still to owe ; " Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd ; " And understood not that a grateful mind " By owing owes not, but still pays, at once " Indebted and discharg'd ; what burden then ? " O had his powerful destiny ordain'd " Me some inferior angel, I had... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...endless gratitude, So burdensome, still paying, still to owe ; Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd ; And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd. JJorial of Sti .5 : t- ;ij Uco rr , NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note. As his corse... | |
| H. M. Melford - English language - 1841 - 466 pages
...amongst the English at Naples for his general knowledge of the many paths of life. (Buhner's Last days.) A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays at once Indebted and discharg'd. (Milton.) We are each of us so civil and obliging, that neither thinks he is obliged. (Pope.)... | |
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