 | William Clayton - Sermons, English - 1814 - 420 pages
...pleasures of possession, man is called to con over Lis lesson on the most essential topics unwearied ; and "line upon " line, precept upon precept, here a little and there " a little," the same subjects are forced upon his* attention, while the character of the celestial chorus sung by ransomed... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, taking a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' cauldron in Macbeth. It... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, taking a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' caldron in Macbeth. It... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, takmg a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, « line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little. » The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' caldron in Macbeth. It... | |
 | Ann Taylor - Christian life - 1825 - 276 pages
...with all its various events, ' uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge;' affording 'line upon line, precept upon precept ; here a little, and there a little.' The Divine Benefactor too, ever intent on our well being, has also given us monitors in the persons of... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, taking a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' caldron in Macbeth. It... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, taking a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' caldron in Macbeth. It... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 404 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, taking a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' caldron in Macbeth. It... | |
 | Decoration and ornament - 1820 - 474 pages
...books, fluttering over the leaves of manuscripts, taking a morsel out of one, a morsel out of another, " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." The contents of his book seemed to be as heterogeneous as those of the witches' cauldron in Macbeth. It... | |
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... line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little. 
