 | David Creamer - Hymns - 1848 - 488 pages
...overflowing goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were charmed with his wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless...uninterrupted cheerfulness, the excellency of true religion." The intimacy thus existing between Mr. John Wesley and the countess was brought about on her part by... | |
 | Protestantism - 1848 - 642 pages
...overflowing goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were charmed with his wisdom, his sportive sallies e eaten of their dainty dishes, there comes in a sad...which will spoil all. The world is first musical, To a degree scarcely paralleled, his piety had supplanted those strong instincts — the love of worldly... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1849 - 432 pages
...goodness of heart. "While the grave and serious were charmed with his wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless...religion. No cynical remarks on the levity of youth imbittered his discourse ; no applausive retrospect to past times marked his present discontent. In... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1849 - 420 pages
...goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were charmed with his -* wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless...religion. No cynical remarks on the levity of youth imbittered his discourse ; no applausive retrospect to past times marked his present discontent. In... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...his own felicity. i While the grave and serious were charmed with his wis1 dom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless...uninterrupted cheerfulness the excellency of true religion." i Early rising affords a delightful opportunity of contemplating the worlis of God. " A single dew-drop,... | |
 | John Whitehead - Methodist Church - 1852 - 582 pages
...goodness TSj^jTQffit ÇVhile tKB-graxe -end- serious were chaTmetf'wifli'lllS wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless;...cynical remarks on the levity of youth, embittered his discourse: no applausive retrospect to past times, marked his present discontent. In him even old age... | |
 | Orlando Thomas Dobbin - 1852 - 152 pages
...overflowing goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were charmed with his wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless...religion. No cynical remarks on the levity of youth imbittered his discourse ; no applausive retrospect to past times marked his present discontent. In... | |
 | Biography - 1855 - 364 pages
...most perfect piety. While the grave and serious were ch armed with his wisdom, his sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless...religion. No cynical remarks on the levity of youth emhittered his discourse ; no applausive retrospect to past times marked his present discontent. In... | |
 | 1855 - 786 pages
...overflowing goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were charmed with his wisdom, hie sportive sallies of innocent mirth delighted even the young and thoughtless ; and both saw in his uninterrupted chcerfulness, the excelleney of true religion. No eynical remarks on the levity of youth bittered his... | |
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... may be blended with the most perfect piety. In his conversation, we might be at a loss whether to admire most, his fine classical taste, his extensive knowledge of men and things, or his overflowing goodness of heart. While the grave and serious were... 
