The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... Samuel Drew ; and the fact was afterward alleged as a reason why Mr. D. should no longer hazard the writing of his own memoirs upon the contingency of life . " In reference to some auto - biography of yourself , " writes a member of Dr ...
... Samuel Drew ; and the fact was afterward alleged as a reason why Mr. D. should no longer hazard the writing of his own memoirs upon the contingency of life . " In reference to some auto - biography of yourself , " writes a member of Dr ...
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... perhaps be gained than from the memoirs of those who have entered on their career , and pursued their course , under a more favourable concurrence of events . The philosophy of mind is not less indebted to the 14 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW.
... perhaps be gained than from the memoirs of those who have entered on their career , and pursued their course , under a more favourable concurrence of events . The philosophy of mind is not less indebted to the 14 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW.
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... Drew have been represented as re- spectable and affluent ; but the elderly female in whose memory the family ... Samuel Drew , was first directed to the welfare of his soul , at the age of eighteen , under a sermon of the reverend George ...
... Drew have been represented as re- spectable and affluent ; but the elderly female in whose memory the family ... Samuel Drew , was first directed to the welfare of his soul , at the age of eighteen , under a sermon of the reverend George ...
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Jacob Halls Drew. Thomasin . his second wife , the mother of Samuel Drew , he married in 1762. Her maiden name was Osborne . Her father was a gardener in the neighbourhood of Mevagissey , where her paternal grandfather had settled in ...
Jacob Halls Drew. Thomasin . his second wife , the mother of Samuel Drew , he married in 1762. Her maiden name was Osborne . Her father was a gardener in the neighbourhood of Mevagissey , where her paternal grandfather had settled in ...
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... property , could not be trans- mitted ; but , by the grace of God , the children were made par- takers of that salvation which their parents so fully experienced . SECTION III . Birth of Samuel Drew - Poverty of 22 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW .
... property , could not be trans- mitted ; but , by the grace of God , the children were made par- takers of that salvation which their parents so fully experienced . SECTION III . Birth of Samuel Drew - Poverty of 22 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW .
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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.
Page 21 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 66 - It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 47 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 264 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.