 O sad estate Of human wretchedness ! so weak is man, So ignorant and blind, that did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruin'd at our own request. Too well thou know'st, my child, the stern decree Of Egypt's cruel king, hard-hearted...  The works of Hannah More - Page 10by Hannah More - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Hannah More - 1782 - 312 pages
...didft requeft this fon^ And heav'n has granted him. JOCHEBED. O fad eftate Of human wretchednefs ! fo weak is man, So ignorant and blind, that did not GOD Sometimes withhold in mercy what we afk, We fhou'd be ruin'd at our own requeft. Too well thou know'ft, my child, the ftern decree? Of... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...Wherefore am I one ? Mir. With many pray'rs thou didat request this SOB, And Heav'n has granted him. Jock. O sad estate Of human wretchedness ! so weak is man...Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruinM at our own request. Too well thou know'st, my child, the stern decree Of Egypt's cmel king, hard-hearted... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Elocution - 1811 - 316 pages
...So ignorant and blind, that did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruhi'd at our own request. Too well thou know'st, my child,...decree Of Egypt's cruel king, hard-hearted Pharaoh; THE COLUMBIAN ORATOR. 139 " That every male, of Hebrew mother born, " Must die." O! do I live to tell... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - History - 1817 - 314 pages
...Wherefore am I one ? Mir. With many prayers thou didst request this son, And Heav'n has granted him. Joch. O sad estate Of human wretchedness ! so weak is man,...we ask, We should be ruin'd at our own request. Too wall thou know'st, my child, the stern decree Of Egypt's cruel king, hard-hearted Pharaoh ; " That... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...climb Heaven's height, And bring a blessing down. Joanna Baillie's Ethwald, pt. 2, a. 4, s. 3, .Oh sad estate Of human wretchedness ! so weak is man,...blind, that did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what-we ask, We should be ruin'd at our own request. Hannah Mare's Moses, pt. 1. Fountain of mercy... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1827 - 542 pages
...one ! JMir. With earnest pray'rs thou didst request this son, And heaven has granted him. Jock. О sad estate Of human wretchedness ; so weak is man,...Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should he niin'd at our own request. Too well thou knovv'st, my child, the stem decree Of Egypt's cruel king,... | |
 | Hannah More - Religious drama - 1827 - 324 pages
...one. Mr HI AM. With earnest pray'rs thou didst request this son, And Heaven has granted him. JOUHEEED. O sad estate Of human wretchedness! so weak is man,...not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We ahould be ruin'd at our own request. Too well thou know'st, my child, the stem decree . Of Egypt's... | |
 | Hannah More - Children - 1830 - 900 pages
...The Subject is taken from the Second Chapter of the Book of Exodus. PART I. JOCHEBED, MIRIAM. Joe. WW was my pray'r accepted? Why did Heav'n In anger hear...weak is man, So ignorant and blind, that did not God i Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruin'd at our own request. Too well thou know'st,... | |
 | Hannah More - 1830 - 582 pages
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 | Hannah More - Bible plays - 1830 - 574 pages
...not one ! Mir. With earnest pray'rs thou didst request this sun, And heaven has granted him. Joe h. O sad estate Of human wretchedness ; so weak is man,...own request. Too well thou know'st, my child, the stem decree Of Egypt's cruel king, hard-hearted Pha raoh ; That every male, of Hebrew motherborn, Must... | |
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