 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pages
...these verses to be engraved upon the mantle of the chimney in the hall : — "TO MY SUCCESSOR. If them chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost." ' Another instance of the great charity and humility of Mr. Herbert is told by his entertaining biographer,... | |
 | 1810 - 594 pages
...to be writ upon it, or engraven in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. To my successor. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...And then my labour's not lost. We will now by the readers favour suppose him fixed at Beinerton, and grant him to have seen the church repaired, and... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 596 pages
...be written upon, or engraved in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. " To MY SUCCESSOR. " IF thou chance for to find " A new house to thy mind, " And...gives thee store, " And then my labour's not lost." The text for his first sermon was taken out of Solomon's Proverbs, and the words were, Keep thy heart... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 552 pages
...be written upon, or engraved in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. " To MY SUCCESSOR. " IF thou chance for to find " A new house to thy mind, " And...gives thee store, " And then my labour's not lost." The text for his first sermon was taken out of Solomon's Proverbs, and the words were, Keep thy heart... | |
 | 1818 - 586 pages
...to be writ upon it, or engraven in the mantle of the chimney in his hall. To my successor. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...and grant him to have seen the church repaired, and the chapel belonging to it very decently adorned, at his own great charge (which is a real truth) and... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...to be writ upon, or engraven in, the mantel of the chimney in his hall : TO MY SUCCESSOR. "If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labor 's not lost." We will now, by the reader's favor, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant him... | |
 | 1832 - 348 pages
...her in all places as inseparably as shadows follow substances in sunshine. TO MT SUCCESSOR. "If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labor 's not lost." / We will now, by the reader's favor, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labor 's not lost." We will now, by the reader's favor, suppose him fixed at Bemerton, and grant him to have seen the church repaired, and the chapel belonging to it very decently adorned, at his own great charge (which is a real truth) ;... | |
 | 1833 - 806 pages
...It is really grievous to remember (as all must who have read Walton's life) the lines — " If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost." It is grievous to remember these, and then, with the remains of the old house before your eyes, to... | |
 | 1833 - 792 pages
...It is really grievous to remember (as all must who have read Walton's life) the lines — " If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built...without thy cost; Be good to the poor, As God gives thce store, And then my labour's not lost." It is grievous to remember these, and then, with the remains... | |
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TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built without thy cost: Be good to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost. 
