 | 1818 - 594 sidor
...that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that without his concurring aid,...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byeword down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 sidor
...interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by -word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war,... | |
 | 664 sidor
..." except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build • it." I firmly believe this ; and I also believe, that without his concurring aid,...we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages." He then moved, that prayers should be performed in that assembly every morning... | |
 | 1821 - 702 sidor
...that, " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it" I firmly believe this; and I also believe, that without his concurring aid,...confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a bv-word down to future ases." He Edible Birds' Nats. ANOTHF.R. IN the middle of the last century, when... | |
 | 1819 - 896 sidor
...believe, that without bis concurring ¡till, we shall succeed in this political building no better tliaa the builders of Babel: we shall be divided by our...local interests; our projects will be confounded; aud we ourselves shall become a reproach and a bye-word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 628 sidor
...that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe, that without his concurring aid,...we ourselves shall become a • • •< reproach none, the Americans will find, and at no very remote time, that the want of an adequate provision for... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 616 sidor
...that " except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe, that without his concurring aid,...the builders of Babel. We shall be divided by our litde, partial, local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a I..;... | |
 | 1821 - 356 sidor
...build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe, without his concurring aid, we shall proceed in this political building no better than the builders...we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages ; and what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 sidor
...been given by one of his biographers, who was in habits of familiar intercourse with him ; and the concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political...than the builders of Babel : we shall be divided by onr little partial local interests, our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 554 sidor
...that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this . and I also believe, that without his concurring aid,...we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by-word down to future ages. And what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair... | |
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I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel... 
