"Open sight" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Occasion of the Ill; For when the Cause, whence Evil doth arise, Removed is, th' Effect surceaseth still. Abstain from Pleasure, and restrain your Will, Subdue Desire, and bridle loose Delight: Use scanted Diet, and forbear your Fill; Shun Secrecy, and talk in open sight: So shall you soon repair ...
— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele
... the faith that makes us kind, Give us the open sight and mind - O God, the often mind That lifts itself to meet the Ray Of the New Dawning Day: Lord, ...
— Hello, Boys! • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... circulated, much to the vexation of the Queen. On September 27th appeared a very long proclamation calling it "a lewd, seditious book . . . bolstered up with manifest lies, &c.," and commanding it, wherever found, "to be destroyed ( burnt) in open sight of some public officer." The book itself is written with moderation and respect, if we make allowance for the questionable taste of writing on so delicate a subject at all. It is true that he calls France "a den of idolatry, a kingdom of darkness, confessing Belial and serving Baal"; ...
— Books Condemned to be Burnt • James Anson Farrer
... without fear; The eagle, lord of land and sea, Stooped down to pay him fealty; And both the undying fish that swim, Through Bowscale-Tarn did wait on him, The pair were servants to his eye In their immortality; They moved about in open sight, To and fro, for his delight. He knew the rocks which angels haunt On the mountains visitant, He hath kenned them taking wing; And the caves where fairies sing He hath entered; and been told By voices ...
— Strange Pages from Family Papers • T. F. Thiselton Dyer
... thyself, with all thy heart Thy God to know endeavour: Sweet rest such knowledge will impart, Thy soul with pure love ever Will cause to glow, and nourish thee For life and joy in heaven; Things heard of only here, shall be To open sight there given, By God to ...
— Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs - Translated by John Kelly • Paul Gerhardt |
