 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
 | Theology - 1862 - 616 pages
...away from the conlmee of Egypt. If you forgive me, I ri-juice ; it' you aro angry, I can bear it. The die is cast ; the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care m>t which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, aa God has waited els: thousaud years lor... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - Essays - 1864 - 400 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;... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - Essays - 1864 - 424 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;... | |
 | Horace Bushnell - Christianity - 1864 - 472 pages
...holds me; I indulge my sacred fury! I triumph over mankind ! 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 been waiting six thousand years for an observer !" And yet this man was no philosopher, some will say;... | |
 | William King Tweedie - Biography - 1864 - 482 pages
...Useful Knowledge," or Sir David Brewster's "Martyrs of ScloD.ce." you arc 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, since God has waited six thousand years for a discoverer."*... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 586 pages
...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...not 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1867 - 724 pages
...death, " had not above twenty followers out of England " ; and Kepler said of his immortal work, " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an interpreter of his works." The author adds, " Therefore, when I not only introduce new theories, but... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1867 - 362 pages
...rejoice ; if you are angry I can bear it. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read either novi, 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 ! " More than two hundred years have rolled... | |
 | St. Andrews' Medical Graduates' Association - Medical education - 1868 - 290 pages
...I will indulge my sacred fury ! If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are ungry, I can bear it. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read either...not which.. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In like manner our Harvey, labouring out... | |
 | 1868 - 360 pages
...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...not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In like manner our Harvey, labouring out... | |
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