 ... superstitious servility. His sentiments of religion were pure and simple. He considered it as an homage due to the Supreme Being; and as long as his health permitted him, he was a constant frequenter of public worship. At no time, indeed, was he ever...  The life of general de Zieten, tr. by B. Beresford - Side 293av Luise Johanne L. von Blumenthal - 1803Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Louise Johanne Leopoldine (v. Platen) von Blumenthal - 1803 - 386 sider
...worship. At no time, indeed, was he ever neglectful of the duty of prayer; nor did a day pass over over his head, without his having acquitted himself...of the whole world. His prayers were not limited to anyfixed periods; he consecrated to that duty his occasional moments of solitude, his watchings, his... | |
 | 1809 - 338 sider
...public worship. At no time, indeed, was he ever neglectful of the duty of prayer ; nor did a day pass without his having acquitted himself of it in the...moments of solitude, his watchings, his sleepless hours. EVERY quality too, which is enjoined by Christianity as a virtue, says a modern author, is recommended... | |
 | William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Ros (23d baron) - 1851 - 594 sider
...Being. At no time was he ever neglectful of the duty of prayer ; nor did a day pass without his haying acquitted himself of it in the silence of his closet, excluded from the observation of the world. But after all, it seems scarcely necessary to cite examples of men of great renown being remarkable... | |
 | William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald-de-Ros De Ros (23d baron) - 1857 - 458 sider
...to the Supreme Being. At no time was he ever neglectful of the duty of prayer ; nor did a day pass without his having acquitted himself of it in the...of his closet, excluded from the observation of the world. But after all, it seems scarcely necessary to cite examples of men of great renown being remarkable... | |
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