The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... letter to Dr. Adam Clarke - His catholic spirit exemplified in a public address , and in various let- ters - His ... Letters of Religious Counsel 483 507 An " Ode on Christmas " ( Mr. Drew's earliest existing composition ) 522 LIFE OF ...
... letter to Dr. Adam Clarke - His catholic spirit exemplified in a public address , and in various let- ters - His ... Letters of Religious Counsel 483 507 An " Ode on Christmas " ( Mr. Drew's earliest existing composition ) 522 LIFE OF ...
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... letter to a literary gentleman who had kindly interested himself in his welfare , and wished to know the history of his early life , " On visiting my mother's grave , with one of my children , I wrote the following . The first couplet ...
... letter to a literary gentleman who had kindly interested himself in his welfare , and wished to know the history of his early life , " On visiting my mother's grave , with one of my children , I wrote the following . The first couplet ...
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... letters , but had passed it when asleep . To this place the post usually came about one o'clock in the morning , and it was customary to leave a window un- fastened , except ... letter - bag through the window , and 42 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW .
... letters , but had passed it when asleep . To this place the post usually came about one o'clock in the morning , and it was customary to leave a window un- fastened , except ... letter - bag through the window , and 42 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW .
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... letter from him . Yet , that his performance could not have been otherwise than indifferent , may be inferred from a friend's comparing his writing , after several years ' prac- tice , to the " traces of a spider dipped in ink , and set ...
... letter from him . Yet , that his performance could not have been otherwise than indifferent , may be inferred from a friend's comparing his writing , after several years ' prac- tice , to the " traces of a spider dipped in ink , and set ...
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... letters and invitations of his friends ; and he appears to have felt a strong desire to follow the tide of emigration . He ... letter of inquiry to the official members of the Methodist society in that place . Their reply was quite as ...
... letters and invitations of his friends ; and he appears to have felt a strong desire to follow the tide of emigration . He ... letter of inquiry to the official members of the Methodist society in that place . Their reply was quite as ...
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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.