| sir Thomas Urquhart - 1834 - 472 pages
...after his decease nothing should be known thereof; his answer was, That for the mine and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which,...all his might endeavour to do ; and that therefore seeing the malice and rancor rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish, by any... | |
| 1834 - 602 pages
...manner of the contrivance of so ingenious a mystery ; his answer was, That for the ruin and overthrow of man there were too many devices already framed, which...would with all his might endeavour to do ; and that by any new conceit of his the number of them should never be increased. Divinely spoken, truly.' This... | |
| sir Henry Yule - 1851 - 282 pages
...the contrivance of so ingenious a mystery, .... his answer was, ' That for the ruine and overthrow of man there were too many devices already framed, which if he could make the fewer, he would with all his might endeavour to do ; and that therefore, seeing the malice and... | |
| Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858 - 574 pages
...friend in his last illness to reveal the contrivance, his answer was that, for the ruin and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which if he could make to be fewer, he would, with his might, endeavour to do; and that therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart of... | |
| Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858 - 568 pages
...friend in his last illness to reveal the contrivance, his answer was that, for the ruin and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which if he could make to be fewer, he would, with his might, endeavour to do ; and that therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart... | |
| James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 pages
...after his decease nothing should be known thereof, his answer was, "That for the ruin and overthrow of man there were too many devices already framed, which...all his might endeavour to do; and that therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish the number... | |
| Hardy Bertram McCall - Reference - 2020 - 454 pages
...difcoveries that they might not be loft to mankind, his anfwer was: 'That for the ruin and overthrow of man, there were too many devices already framed, which, if he could make fewer, he would with all his might endeavour to do; and that therefore, feeing the malice and rancor... | |
| Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - Scotland - 1917 - 322 pages
...ingenious a mystery" (the metal chariot), Napier replied :— "That for the ruin and overthrow of men there were too many devices already framed, which...all his might endeavour to do; and that, therefore, seeing the malice and rancour rooted in the heart of mankind will not suffer them to diminish by any... | |
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