 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity- And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?— or do we imagine we no longer heed its assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend.'— or do we imagine we no longer n««d its ansistancft— I hnvs lired, sir, a long- time; and the longer I live, (he mare convincing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?—or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance ?—I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincihg proofs I see of this truth, That GOD governs in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...opportunity of consulting in pesce on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And bare we now forgotten that powerful friend '—or do we imagine we no longer n«ad its assistance— I have lived, sir, a long time: and the lonqvr I live-. i'.>e more convincing... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend 1 Or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance 1 I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live,...that God governs in the affairs of men ! And if a »parrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...applying to the Father of lights lo illuminate their understandings?—" I have lived, Sir, (said he) a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govtrns in the affairs ofmeii. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ? or do we no longer need his assistance ? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I lire, the more convincing... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace, on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that...powerful Friend ? or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance ? I have lived a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?~-or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance. — I have lived, sir, a long time ; and...convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in tJie affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?— or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance.— I have lived, sir, a long time ; and...more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God govern* in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it... | |
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I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. 
