 If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.  Temporis calendarium; or An almanack - Page 15by William Rogerson - 1828 - 1848 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Bushnell - Labor - 1848 - 48 pages
...gaze on, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me; I indulge my sacred fury ! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast; the book is written, — to be read,...It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has been waiting six thousand years for an observer! " And yet this man was no philosopher, some will say;... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1848 - 380 pages
...me. I will indulge my sacred fury ! If you forgive me I rejoice; if you are angry I can bear it. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read either...which. — It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer ! " More than two hundred years have rolled... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1851 - 188 pages
...away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it ; the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either...God has waited six thousand years for an observer." Surely the literal meaning of enthusiasm (God within us) has a deep significance. Surely it is the... | |
 | 1851 - 702 pages
...gaze on, burst out upon me. Nothing holds me ; I indulge my sacred fury ! I triumph over mankind ! The die is cast ; the book is written, — to be read,...It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has been waiting six thousand years for an observer ! " And yet this man was no philosopher, some will... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - American literature - 1851 - 1054 pages
...to gaze on, has burst upon me. If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you are angry, I can bear it ; the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity — I care not which. If God has waited six thousand years for an observer, I can well afford to wait a century for oue to... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1851 - 366 pages
...far from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice : if you are angry, I can bear it ; the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In accordance... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1851 - 374 pages
...far from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice : if you are angry, I can bear it ; the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In accordance... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pages
...away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it. The die is cast ; the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity — I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.' His... | |
 | 1851 - 396 pages
...Copernicus is written on the stars. of Egypt. * * * The die is cast, the book is written, to be read now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has' waited six thousand years for an observer." Again Truth had triumphed, God was vindicated,... | |
 | Levi Woodbury - Law - 1852 - 450 pages
...of patient research on it, and then announced it to the world with this memorable exultation : " The die is cast — the book is written — to be read...God has waited six thousand years for an observer.'' What to this is Caesar's veni: vidi, vici ! or Alexander's sighing for more worlds to conquer 1 And... | |
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