 | 1805 - 590 halaman
...perfectly blind. The first emotions which touched my breast were those of mingled piety and veneration. — It was a day of the administration of the sacrament, and his subject was the passion of our saviour. — As he decended from the pulpit to distribute the mystic symbols,... | |
 | 1804 - 496 halaman
...veneration. But ah ! Sacred God ! How soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never mure worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the lips of this holy man 1 It was a day of the administration of the sacrament, and his subject, of course, was the passion... | |
 | William Wirt - 1804 - 120 halaman
...ah ! Sacred God ! How soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never more worthy a prognostic!? swarm of bees, than were the lips of this holy man ! It wasa day of the administration of the sacrament, and his subject, of course, was the passion of our... | |
 | William Wirt - 1805 - 144 halaman
...veneration. But ah r Sacred God ! How soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the...sacrament, and his. subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. I had heard the subject handled a that!-- sand times : I had thought it exhausted long... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 halaman
...those of mingled pity and veneration, But ah ! Great God ! How soon were all my feelings changed ! It was a day of the administration of the sacrament, and his subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. J had heard the subject handled a thousand times : I had thought it exhausted long ago.... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 halaman
...veneration. But ah ! sacred God ! how soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the lips of this holy man I It was a day of the administration of the sacrament ; and his subject, of course, was the Passion... | |
 | William Wirt - 1813 - 204 halaman
...veneration. But ah! sacred God! how soon were all my feelings changed! The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the...sacrament; and his subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. 1 had heard the subject handled a thousand times: I had thought it exhausted long ago.... | |
 | 1815 - 444 halaman
...veneration. But ah ! how soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never more wortby of a prognostic swarm of bees than were the lips of...sacrament; and his subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. I had heard the subject handled a thousand times : I had thought it exhansted long ago.... | |
 | William Wirt - 1829 - 250 halaman
...! how soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostick swarm of bees, than were the lips of this holy man...a day of the administration of the sacrament; and bis subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. I had heard the subject handled a thousand... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 halaman
...veneration. But ah ! sacred God ! Low soon were all my feelings changed ! The lips of "Plcto were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the...sacrament ; and his subject, of course, was the passion of our Saviour. 1 had heard the subject handled a thousand times : I had thought it exhausted long ago.... | |
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I had heard the subject handled a thousand times : I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little did I suppose, that in the wild woods of America, I was to meet with a man whose eloquence would give, to this topic, a new and more sublime pathos than I had... 
