 ... force : but yet I know not whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am as thou art, a reptile of the earth : my life is a moment, and eternity, in which days, and years, and ages, are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I also should prepare...  The British Essayists: The Adventurer - Page 233by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...know not, " whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am as " thou art, a reptile of the earth ; my life is a moment, " and eternity, in which days...ages are " nothing, eternity is before me, for which 1 alfo " fhould prepare : but by whom then muft the Faith" ful be governed ? by thofe only who have... | |
 | 1785 - 772 pages
...yet I know not, whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am as thou art, a reptile of the earth) my life is a moment; and eternity, in which days and...ages are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I allb mould prepare: but by whom then ˇnui} tiie faithful be governed? by thofc only who have no fear... | |
 | 1792 - 822 pages
...yet I know not whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am -i thou art, a reptile of the earth ; my life is a moment ; and eternity, in which days,...ages are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I alfo mould prepare : but by whom then mult tlic faithful be governed ? by lliofe only who have no fcv... | |
 | 1793 - 310 pages
...danger is a reality or a dream. I am as " thou art, a reptile of the earth ; my life is a mo" ment, and eternity, in which days and years and ages " are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I alfo " mould prepare : but by whom then muft the faithful " be governed ? by thofe only who have no... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1795 - 616 pages
...yet f know not whether my danger is a reality or 4 dream. I am as thou art, a reptile of the earth: my life is a moment ; and eternity, in which days, and years, and ages are nothing, is before me, for \\hich I alfo fhould prepare : but by whom then muft the faithful be governed ? By... | |
 | 302 pages
...STORY. 4$ know not whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am as thotrart, a reptile of the earth ; my life is a moment ; and eternity, in which days,...ages are nothing, eternity is before me, for which 1 alfo fhould prepare ; but by whom then muii the faithful be governed ? by thofe only who have no... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 240 pages
...danger is a reality or a dream. I am ' as thou art, a reptiie of the earth : my life is a mo• meat, and eternity, in which days and years and ' ages are...consider " that they shall die ? Or who, indeed, are the faith " ful ? are the busy multitudes that crowd the city, in ." a state of perdition ? and is the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...yet I know not whether my danger isa reality or a dream. 1 am as thou art, a reptile of the earth : my life is a moment, and eternity, in which days,...ages, are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I alfo fhould prepare : but by whom then mud the faithful be governed ? By thole only, who have no fear... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...is a rea** lity or a dream. I am as thou art, a «• reptile of the earth i my life is a mo* meat, and eternity, in which days, and " years, and ages,...nothing, eternity is " before me, for which I also should pre«* pare : but by whonr then must the Faith" fid be governed ? by those only, who " hare no fear... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 686 pages
...yet I know not, whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am as thou art, a reptile of the earth ; my life is a moment, and eternity, in which days and...faithful be governed ? by those only who have no fear of judgement ? by those only, whose life is brutal, because like brutes they do not consider that they... | |
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