The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... lives , and his name becomes a guiding light or a warning beacon to posterity . The effects of his example may be confined to the domestic circle , or felt throughout a nation ; but in either case it will follow , that " the memory of ...
... lives , and his name becomes a guiding light or a warning beacon to posterity . The effects of his example may be confined to the domestic circle , or felt throughout a nation ; but in either case it will follow , that " the memory of ...
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... lives only which consist " Of moving accidents by flood and field , Of hair - breadth ' scapes i ' the imminent deadly breach . " Extraordinary events alone claim their attention ; those minor circumstances which chiefly exhibit the ...
... lives only which consist " Of moving accidents by flood and field , Of hair - breadth ' scapes i ' the imminent deadly breach . " Extraordinary events alone claim their attention ; those minor circumstances which chiefly exhibit the ...
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... lives , therefore , of those individuals who , from a condition common to the bulk of man- kind , unappalled by difficulties , and destitute of ordinary ad- vantages , have , in humble dependence on a gracious Provi- dence , put forth ...
... lives , therefore , of those individuals who , from a condition common to the bulk of man- kind , unappalled by difficulties , and destitute of ordinary ad- vantages , have , in humble dependence on a gracious Provi- dence , put forth ...
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... live in an era of the world's history in which the arcana of nature are daily laid open ; and yet " There are more things in heaven and earth Than are dreamt of in our philosophy . " Although it is sufficiently apparent that Mr. D.'s ...
... live in an era of the world's history in which the arcana of nature are daily laid open ; and yet " There are more things in heaven and earth Than are dreamt of in our philosophy . " Although it is sufficiently apparent that Mr. D.'s ...
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... lives to render me assistance , if they had known of my situation . " Being unable to proceed , I seated myself upon a rock , and expected , from the intense cold , that I must perish , although I had escaped the fury of the tempest ...
... lives to render me assistance , if they had known of my situation . " Being unable to proceed , I seated myself upon a rock , and expected , from the intense cold , that I must perish , although I had escaped the fury of the tempest ...
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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.