 Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read, to doubt, or read...  The Lands of Scott - Page 328by James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...peculiarly sad and solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied; " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries...and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. "They... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...head, and folding her arms on her boson% she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The my tery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom...and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been bom,Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. " They... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
...and solcinu, as, drooping her head, ana folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within Hint awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest...granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, 'I'n lift the latch, and force the way : And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or... | |
 | 1820 - 866 pages
...her arms on Lrr bosom, she replied : "Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mpterica! Hippicst they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the lutch, and force the way i And belter had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn."... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 544 pages
...peculiarly sad and solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries...and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. "... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 408 pages
...peculiarly sad and solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries...and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born. Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. "... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pages
...to the world allow,—and all to Heaven. Sir Edward Cook, paraphrased by Sir W. Jontt. ON A BIBLE. , Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, . To mark and learn the heavenly way. And txetterhad they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...Byrou, a few icccks before his death, on tfie blank leaf of a Bible.i/H til s"J ' -'•* WITHIN this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the lateh, to force the way ;... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...LINES, Written by Lord Byron, a few weeks before his Death, on the blank leaf of a Bible. Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...peculiarly sad and solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries...and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. "... | |
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