The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... circumstances in his father's life , many pleasing traits of character , and many impor- tant facts have , for the first time , come to his know- ledge ; and if the pleasurable feelings which these have raised in his own bosom be in any ...
... circumstances in his father's life , many pleasing traits of character , and many impor- tant facts have , for the first time , come to his know- ledge ; and if the pleasurable feelings which these have raised in his own bosom be in any ...
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... circumstances sin- gularly unpropitious to their development , -where obstacles apparently insuperable have been vanquished by resolution and perseverance , and where , in a moral aspect , the commence- ment of life presents a signal ...
... circumstances sin- gularly unpropitious to their development , -where obstacles apparently insuperable have been vanquished by resolution and perseverance , and where , in a moral aspect , the commence- ment of life presents a signal ...
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... circumstances which chiefly exhibit the character are either overlooked or disregarded . But are the great and prominent occurrences of a man's life necessarily the most instructive ? May not a more valuable lesson frequently be ...
... circumstances which chiefly exhibit the character are either overlooked or disregarded . But are the great and prominent occurrences of a man's life necessarily the most instructive ? May not a more valuable lesson frequently be ...
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... circumstances , and won for himself honourable renown ; and all this commenced in the ardour of religious feeling , sustained by the spirit of genuine piety , and prosecuted throughout in sincere and faithful reliance on that Almighty ...
... circumstances , and won for himself honourable renown ; and all this commenced in the ardour of religious feeling , sustained by the spirit of genuine piety , and prosecuted throughout in sincere and faithful reliance on that Almighty ...
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... circumstances . To the drudgery of daily labour he cheerfully submitted ; and in " the sweat of his face he ate bread , " until a late period of life . In the year 1756 , when about twenty - six years of age , Joseph Drew married ...
... circumstances . To the drudgery of daily labour he cheerfully submitted ; and in " the sweat of his face he ate bread , " until a late period of life . In the year 1756 , when about twenty - six years of age , Joseph Drew married ...
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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.