The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... known that she could not write . She applied all the energies of her mind to overcome these obstructions to knowledge ; and it is said , that in both reading and writing she was entirely self - taught . Nor was it the mere ability to ...
... known that she could not write . She applied all the energies of her mind to overcome these obstructions to knowledge ; and it is said , that in both reading and writing she was entirely self - taught . Nor was it the mere ability to ...
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... known by the name of Penhale's mill , but no longer existing as such , having been converted , several years . since , into a habitation . About half an acre of enclosed ground belonged to the cottage , with which , and the pasturage of ...
... known by the name of Penhale's mill , but no longer existing as such , having been converted , several years . since , into a habitation . About half an acre of enclosed ground belonged to the cottage , with which , and the pasturage of ...
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... known among the common people was the Sherborne Mercury , published weekly by Goadby & Co. , the same persons that issued the Weekly En- tertainer . The papers were not sent by post , but by private messengers , who were termed ...
... known among the common people was the Sherborne Mercury , published weekly by Goadby & Co. , the same persons that issued the Weekly En- tertainer . The papers were not sent by post , but by private messengers , who were termed ...
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... known , and highly esteemed , as a young man of attainments beyond his station . In a subsequent page , it will be seen that his death was a prime cause of his brother Samuel's conversion . He It has been already stated that the ...
... known , and highly esteemed , as a young man of attainments beyond his station . In a subsequent page , it will be seen that his death was a prime cause of his brother Samuel's conversion . He It has been already stated that the ...
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... known by the name of Battern Cliffs ; where , for about half a mile , a few false steps might cause the traveller to be dashed in pieces on the rocks , or plunge him , from a dizzy height , into the surges of the foaming ocean . Here ...
... known by the name of Battern Cliffs ; where , for about half a mile , a few false steps might cause the traveller to be dashed in pieces on the rocks , or plunge him , from a dizzy height , into the surges of the foaming ocean . Here ...
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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.