 Long have we labour'd, long desir'd, and pray'd For this great work's perfection ; and by th' aid Of Heaven and good men's wishes, 'tis at length Happily conquered, by cost, art, and strength.  The Works of Thomas Middleton - Page 260by Thomas Middleton - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Cromwell - Clerkenwell (London, England) - 1828 - 540 pages
...company beside, stood to behold them ; and one man (in behalf of all the rest) delivered this speech : " Long have we labour'd, long desir'd, and pray'd For this great work's perfection ; and by th' ayd Of Heav'n, and good men's wishes, 'tis at length Happily conquerM, by cost, art, and strength.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...themselves before the mount, and after ' their obeisance, the speech ia pronounced.' It thus commences : ' Long have we labour'd, long desir'd, and pray'd For this great work's perfection ; and by thu aid Of heaven and good men's wishes, 'tis at length Happily conquer'd, by cost, art, and strength... | |
 | William Matthews - 1835 - 564 pages
...speech. " The speech at the cistern according as it was delivered to me : — " Long have we laboured, long desir*d and pray'd For this great work's perfection;...Heaven, and good men's wishes 'tis at length Happily conquered by cost, art, and strength, And after five years' dear expense in days, Travail and pains,... | |
 | William Matthews - Fountains - 1835 - 522 pages
...speech. " The speech at the cistern according as it was delivered to me : — " Long have we laboured, long desir'd and pray'd For this great work's perfection;...Heaven, and good men's wishes 'tis at length Happily conquered by cost, art, and strength, And after five years' dear expense in days, Travail and pains,... | |
 | William Matthews - Fountains - 1835 - 522 pages
...speech at the cistern according as it was delivered to me : — " Long have we laboured, long desir1d and pray'd For this great work's perfection; and by...Heaven, and good men's wishes 'tis at length Happily conquered by cost, art, and strength, And after five years' dear expense in days, Travail and pains,... | |
 | Thomas Middleton - 1840 - 654 pages
...about the cistern, orderly present themselves before the mount, and after their obeisance, The Speech.* Long have we labour'd, long desir'd and pray'd For...length Happily conquer'd, by cost, art, and strength : A tier five years' dear expense in days, Travail, and pains, beside the infinite ways Of malice,... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 478 pages
...delivered a poetical address, more clever and more true than such compositions generally are :— ' Long have we labour'd — long desir'd and pray'd For this great work's perfection ; and by the aid Of Heaven, and good men's wishes, 'tis at length Happily conquer'd by Cost, Art, and Strength:... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 688 pages
...beside, stood to behold them ; and one man, in behalf of all the rest, delivered this speech : — " Long have we labour'd, long desir'd and pray'd, For this great work's perfection ; and, by th' ayd Of Heaven and good men's wishes, 'tis at length, Hapily conquer'd by cost, art, and strength ;... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Great Britain - 1866 - 464 pages
...behalf, this speech was delivered : — ' Long have we laboured, long desired and prayed, For tnis great work's perfection : and by th' aid Of Heaven and good men's wishes, 'tis at length Happily conquered by cost, wit, and strength. After five years of dear expense in days, Travail and pains,... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1869 - 336 pages
...circumstances. A speech in verse was made by one of the company: — " Long have we labour'd, long desired and pray'd, For this great work's perfection ; and...wishes, 'tis at length Happily conquer'd by cost, wit, and strength, After five years of dear expense in days, Travail and pains, besides the infinite... | |
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