 Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace .all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote...  Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining - Page 71by Charles Buck - 1831Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1907 - 626 pages
...occasion : " Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this my undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...prayer: ' Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labor is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly; grant...and the salvation of myself and others; grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.' For two years he wrote two essays a week, producing... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...occasion: — • "Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labor is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly, grant,...and the salvation of myself and others; grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen." The first paper of the Rambler was published... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...occasion: — "Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labor is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly, grant,...and the salvation of myself and others; grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen." The first paper of the Rambler was published... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...occasion: — "Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labor is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly, grant,...and the salvation of myself and others; grant this, 0 Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen." The first paper of the Rambler was published... | |
 | Arthur St. John Adcock - Artists - 1912 - 412 pages
...number : — " Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly ; grant,...and the salvation of myself and others. Grant this, O Lord, for the sake of Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen." His first number was printed on the 2Oth March... | |
 | Hugh Walker - Authors, English - 1915 - 400 pages
...the prayer in which he asks the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the composition of The Rambler, and " that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others." Notwithstanding the genuineness of Addison's moral purpose, he would probably have felt a certain incongruity... | |
 | James Boswell - Readers - 1916 - 370 pages
...occasion: "Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labor is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly ; grant,...and the salvation of myself and others ; grant this, 0 Lord, for the sake of thy son, Jesus Christ. Amen." The first paper of the RamMcr was published on... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - 1924 - 296 pages
...Tatler, No. 271. 3 Lives of the Poets (Addison). « Ibid. 5 Rambler, No. 208. • Ibid., No. 8. •I not be withheld from me, but that I may promote Thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others." 1 He entertained the same desire for the Lives of the Poets : " Last week I published the Lives of... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 pages
...prayer : " Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without Whose help all labour is ineffectual and without Whose grace all wisdom is folly, grant, I beseech Thee, that in this my undertaking Thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me but that I may promote Thy glory and the... | |
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