 | George Patterson - 1859 - 566 sidor
...country at the time. In conclusion, the writer would only say in the words of an Apocryphal writer, " If I have done well, and as is fitting the story,...slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain to." GREEK HILL, Pictou, Nova Scotia, July 1859. GEORGE PATTERSON. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Con«ection... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 902 sidor
...»OOK i. book, I would say, in the words of the nameless epitomizer of old Jason of Gyrene : — "//" / have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is...and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." l The charm which clings to classic antiquity is so potent with all students, whether they belong to... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1859 - 538 sidor
...CHAPTEB X. • • If I have done well, nod as is fitting the story, it is that frhich I desired ; bat if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." — MACCABEES. IN reviewing what has now been submitted to the public, there seems little need of further... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 726 sidor
...only say in the words of the author of Maccabees—"*If I have done well, and as fitting the subject, it is that which I desired; but if slenderly and meanly it is that which I could attain unto." Very little use has been made in the following pages of those histories -which have been preserved... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 sidor
...author of Maccabees — "*If I have done well, and as fitting the subject, it is that which I desired j but if slenderly and meanly it is that which I could attain unto." 1 1 Cor. XT. 83, and notes p. 579. 2 Acts xvii. 28, and notes p. 546. 3 Act* iz. 5, and notes p. 637.... | |
 | William Jay - 1864 - 703 sidor
...great and prescribed brevity ; and how unfriendly to ornament is perpetual effort at condensation, u If I have done well, and as is fitting the story,...if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attmi unto." ?eroy Place, Bath, December 10th, ISS1 CONTENTS. JANUARY. 1. Our ignorance and know' iecu?e... | |
 | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin - 1865 - 628 sidor
...reality. She is now a happy woman; and here I will make an end in the words of an old writer, — "And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story,...and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." THE END. PRINTING OFFICE OF THE POBLISUEr.. 5 .. ... | |
 | Samuel Wainwright - 1865 - 510 sidor
...books " of " Jason of Gyrene."" His conclusion is as follows : — " And here will I make an end. And if [I have done] well, and as is fitting the story,...and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto." * Contrast this with the !-:'.<;«.*<> it* -/_-,'"-'"' is an iambic from the Thau of Mcnander. [Socrates... | |
 | John Brown - 1866 - 602 sidor
...Canon. The author makes an apology in the close which shows that he made no claim to inspiration. ' If I have done well, and as is fitting the story,...slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto ' (xv. 88). Neither Josephus nor Philo allude to it. The first clear trace of its existence a in Clement... | |
 | Chandler Curtis - 1866 - 432 sidor
...words, which are utterly unworthy of .1 person writing by inspiration. ' Here I will make an end. And IF I HAVE DONE WELL, AND AS IS FITTING THE STORY, IT IS THAT WHICH I DESIEED ; BUT IT SLENDERLY AND MEANLY, IT IS THAT WHICH I COULD ATTAIN UNTO. For as it is hurtful to... | |
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And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto. 
