The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... interests of mankind , and be entitled to their highest gratitude . The secret promptings of every man's spirit indicate that his existence is not limited to the duration of a few years ; yet such is the antipathy of many to the ...
... interests of mankind , and be entitled to their highest gratitude . The secret promptings of every man's spirit indicate that his existence is not limited to the duration of a few years ; yet such is the antipathy of many to the ...
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... interest ; while to him who studies the science of mind , the creative power , the glowing concep- tions , the hopes , the fears , the anxieties , and the varied feelings of the artist , during the progress of his work , are of higher ...
... interest ; while to him who studies the science of mind , the creative power , the glowing concep- tions , the hopes , the fears , the anxieties , and the varied feelings of the artist , during the progress of his work , are of higher ...
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... interest . But where an indi- vidual has raised himself from obscurity by superior intelligence , --has boldly grappled , in the outset of his career , with the evils of ignorance and poverty - has struggled successfully against the ...
... interest . But where an indi- vidual has raised himself from obscurity by superior intelligence , --has boldly grappled , in the outset of his career , with the evils of ignorance and poverty - has struggled successfully against the ...
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... interests , " Grew with their growth , and strengthen'd with their strength . " With him almost the last object of his solicitude was the wel- fare of that " dear woman who had borne with him the burden and heat of the day ; " and her ...
... interests , " Grew with their growth , and strengthen'd with their strength . " With him almost the last object of his solicitude was the wel- fare of that " dear woman who had borne with him the burden and heat of the day ; " and her ...
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... interest if they do not benefit the reader . His thirst for knowledge having induced him to lay out in books such money as he could save from his earnings as a journeyman , when he was recommended to begin business on his own account ...
... interest if they do not benefit the reader . His thirst for knowledge having induced him to lay out in books such money as he could save from his earnings as a journeyman , when he was recommended to begin business on his own account ...
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acquainted Adam Clarke affectionate Age of Reason appeared arguments Arminian attention Austell believe blessing brother Calvinistic character Christ Christian circumstances conversation Cornwall Crafthole DEAR SIR death Deism Divine Divine grace Drew's early effect endeavoured Essay esteemed eternity expressed faith father favour feel felt frequently gentleman give happiness Helston History of Cornwall honour hope human inquiry JOHN WHITAKER kind labour letter Liskeard literary live Liverpool London Lord ment metaphysical Metho Methodist mind moral nature never notice observes occasion Olinthus Gregory opinion pamphlet perhaps person perusal Polwhele preach preacher present reader reason received recollect religion religious remarks reply Resurrection Review SAMUEL DREW scarcely Scripture sermon sincerely society Socinian soon soul spirit thing thought tion truth Tywardreath views Wesleyan Whitaker WILLIAM GREGOR wish write young
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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.