 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...caused these verses to be engraved upon the mantle of the chimney in the hall :— "TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thou chance for to find A new house- to thy mind,...God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost" There was a music-meeting at Salisbury, which Mr. Herbert generally attended twice a week, and one... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...these verses to be engraved upon the mantle of the chimney in the hall : — "TO MY SUCCESSOR. If them chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost." ' Another instance of the great charity and humility of Mr. Herbert is told by his entertaining biographer,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 594 pages
...these verses to be writ upon it, or engraven in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. To my successor. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind,...God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost. We will now by the readers favour suppose him fixed at Beinerton, and grant him to have seen the church... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 596 pages
...verses to be written upon, or engraved in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. " To MY SUCCESSOR. " IF thou chance for to find " A new house to thy mind,...gives thee store, " And then my labour's not lost." The text for his first sermon was taken out of Solomon's Proverbs, and the words were, Keep thy heart... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 552 pages
...verses to be written upon, or engraved in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. " To MY SUCCESSOR. " IF thou chance for to find " A new house to thy mind,...gives thee store, " And then my labour's not lost." The text for his first sermon was taken out of Solomon's Proverbs, and the words were, Keep thy heart... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...verses to be writ upon, or engraven in, the mantle of the chimney in his hall : " TO MY SUCCESSOR. " If thou chance for to find " A new house to thy mind,...gives thee store, " And then my labour's not lost" We will now, by the reader's favour, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant him to have seen the... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fore-edge paintings - 1824 - 418 pages
...verses to be writ upon, or engraven in, the mantle of the chimney in his hall. TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thoti chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost. We will now, by the reader's favour, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant him to have seen the... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1825 - 564 pages
...work, he caused these verses to be writ upon, or engraven in, the mantle of the chimney in his hall. Tt If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind,...built without thy cost ; Be good to the poor, As God greet thee stare, And then my labour's not lost. We will now, by the Reader's favour, suppose him fixed... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...these verses to be writ upon, or engraven in, the mantel of the chimney in his hall : TO MY SUCCESSOR. "If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind,...to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labor 's not lost." We will now, by the reader's favor, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant him... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 348 pages
...followed her in all places as inseparably as shadows follow substances in sunshine. TO MT SUCCESSOR. "If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind,...to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labor 's not lost." / We will now, by the reader's favor, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant... | |
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If thou chance for to find " A new house to thy mind, " And built without thy cost : " Be good to the poor, " As God gives thee store, " And then my labour's not lost... 
