The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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Jacob Halls Drew. EAS • D77 PREFACE . CONSCIOUS of the lesson contained in his personal history , it was Mr. Drew's intention to become his own biographer . Not many months before his decease , he said to a relative , " Should God spare ...
Jacob Halls Drew. EAS • D77 PREFACE . CONSCIOUS of the lesson contained in his personal history , it was Mr. Drew's intention to become his own biographer . Not many months before his decease , he said to a relative , " Should God spare ...
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... Drew's method of instructing his workmen , & c . His marriage — He purposes emigrating to America . SECTION XI . Mr. Drew's first literary compositions - His mode of study - Occa- sion of his becoming an author - Remarks on Paine's ...
... Drew's method of instructing his workmen , & c . His marriage — He purposes emigrating to America . SECTION XI . Mr. Drew's first literary compositions - His mode of study - Occa- sion of his becoming an author - Remarks on Paine's ...
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... Drew's illness - His ac- quaintance with Colonel Sandys and Professor Kidd — He is ad- vised to write for the Burnet prize SECTION XIX . Treatise on the Being and Attributes of the Deity undertaken as a Prize Essay - Mr . Drew thinks of ...
... Drew's illness - His ac- quaintance with Colonel Sandys and Professor Kidd — He is ad- vised to write for the Burnet prize SECTION XIX . Treatise on the Being and Attributes of the Deity undertaken as a Prize Essay - Mr . Drew thinks of ...
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Jacob Halls Drew. To SECTION XXV . Effect of bodily debility on Mr. Drew's mind - He leaves London -His journey to Cornwall - His last days and death - His epitaph -Further particulars of his decline -- Tribute of his townsmen to his ...
Jacob Halls Drew. To SECTION XXV . Effect of bodily debility on Mr. Drew's mind - He leaves London -His journey to Cornwall - His last days and death - His epitaph -Further particulars of his decline -- Tribute of his townsmen to his ...
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... Drew's words , was made by him to the writer , a few years since , on the very spot where the circumstance occurred . The narrative , and the observations upon it , are given , as far as memory can be de- pended on , without variation ...
... Drew's words , was made by him to the writer , a few years since , on the very spot where the circumstance occurred . The narrative , and the observations upon it , are given , as far as memory can be de- pended on , without variation ...
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Page 47 - Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me: out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
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