At these words I was not less astonished than if a mountain had been overturned at my feet : I humbled myself in the dust ; I returned to the city ; I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring health to the body gave... The British Essayists: Adventurer - Page 2381823Full view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 430 pages
...overturned at my feet; I humbled myself in the dust; I returned to the city; I dug up my treasure; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...stand before him. Now, therefore, be not offended; I boast of no knowledge that I have not received; as the sands of the desert drink up thp drops of... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...city : I " dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became " rich. My skill in restoring health tq the body, gave " me frequent opportunities of curing...on the sacred vestments ; I grew " eminent beyond rny merit ; and it was the pleasure " of the king that I should stand before him. Now, " therefore,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 328 pages
...overturned at my feet ; I humbled myself in the dust ; I returned to the city; I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...that I should stand before him. Now, therefore, be Dot offended ; I boast of no knowledge that I have not received ; as the sands of the desert drink... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 328 pages
...overturned at my feet; I humbled myself in the dust; I returned to the city; I dug up my treasure; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...eminent beyond my merit; and it was the pleasure of the kingthat I should stand before him. Now, therefore, be not offended ; I boast of no knowledge that... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...overturned at my feet. I humbled roy" self in the dust ; I returned io the city ; " I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I " became rich. My skill in restoring health " to the body gave me frequent opportu" nities of curing the diseases of the soul. " I put on the sacred vestments ; I grew " eminent... | |
| Tracts - 1820 - 310 pages
...moral to divine ; and that happiness which is the pledge of Paradise, will be thy reward upon earth.' was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...opportunities of curing the diseases of the soul. 1 put on the sacred vestments ; I »rew eminent beyond my merit ; and it was the pleasure of the king... | |
| English essays - 1823 - 304 pages
...a mountain had been overturned at my feet; I humbled myself in the dust; I returned to the city ; 1 dug up my treasure; 1 was liberal, yet I became rich....stand before him. Now, therefore, be not offended ; I boast of no knowledge that I have not received ; as the sands of the desert drink up the drops... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 650 pages
...overturned at my feet ; I humbled myself in the dust; I returned to the city; I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...stand before him. Now, therefore, be not offended; I boast of no knowledge that I have not received ; as the sands of the desert Hri'nt no the drops of... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 686 pages
...overturned at my feet : I humbled myself in the dust ; I returned to the city ; I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...stand before him. Now, therefore, be not offended ; I boast of no knowledge that I have not received : as the sands of the desert drink up the drops... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...overturned at my feet. 1 humbled myself in the dust ; I returned to the city ; I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring...opportunities of curing the diseases of the soul. I grew eminent be}rond my merit; and it was the pleasure of the king that I should stand before him.... | |
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