| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 240 страници
...and courtesy not always are com bined ; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find. RETRIBUTION. THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all. TRUTH. WHEN by night the frogs are croaking, kindle... | |
| G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 страници
...used to be : — I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me. — I. BICKERSTAFF. Mills. — Though the MILLS of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. — LONGFELLOW, Retribution. Milton — That mighty... | |
| Stefan Sperl - 1996 - 580 страници
...'bringt mit 'Schdrf' Er alles 'ein. The same is true of its translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Though the 'mills of God grind 'slowly, yet they 'grind exceeding 'small; Though with 'patience He stands 'waiting, with ex'actness grinds He 'all. Compare this Pashto verse, with one syllable extra:... | |
| Montagu Powell - 1996 - 136 страници
...the uttermost farthing." Oh, is it not just, is it not fair, is it not impartial ? Truly may we say, "The Mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though He stand and wait with patience, with exactness grinds He all." 57 CRUCIFIXION I WANT you to come with... | |
| David Boucher - 1997 - 364 страници
...from Henry W. Longfellow's (1807-82) translation of Friedrich von Logau (1604-1655), Sinngedichte. THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Tough with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all. 'Retribution' in Poetic Aphorisms... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 страници
...sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year. LOGAU Friedrich von 1604-1655 6460 (translated by Longfellow) nd. As we make sex less secretive, we may rob it of its power to hold men and women togeth He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. LOGUE Christopher 19266461 Christopher Iogues ABC... | |
| Mary Lee Settle - 1998 - 272 страници
...mill up Horse Mill Hollow wheeled into the front yard. On it he had painted in large white letters, "Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small." I thought he meant the Tompkins family then, but maybe he understood that it was all of us, and that... | |
| John Pairman Brown - 1995 - 588 страници
...Empiricus adv. math. 1.287 with discussion at 11.44. The familiar translation is due to Longfellow, "Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; / Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all." He was working over the German of Friedrich von Logau,... | |
| Herman Jensen - 2000 - 532 страници
...the day of the offence, God stand» (delays) and kills. '"Goti stays long, but strikes at last." " Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though he stands and waits with patience, with exactness grinds he all." (Tennyson.) 2 1 . çoDifiiL/LO frìeujgiiùi... | |
| Gareth Knight - 2001 - 644 страници
...action, and the Chain, which holds captive through great stretches of time and prevents any escape. "The Mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; "Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness He grinds all." l2. The inevitability of this process of Geburah... | |
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