The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... means of liveli- hood suited to his 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 ...
... means of liveli- hood suited to his 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 ...
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... mean , containing a single ground - room and two bed- rooms ; and at one end of it was a mill , used to break lumps of tin ore , once known by the name of Penhale's mill , but no longer existing as such , having been converted , several ...
... mean , containing a single ground - room and two bed- rooms ; and at one end of it was a mill , used to break lumps of tin ore , once known by the name of Penhale's mill , but no longer existing as such , having been converted , several ...
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... means of imparting other instruction or not . The knowledge that relates to the ordinary concerns of life may be forgotten : correct princi- ples , once infused into the mind , and clearly apprehended ably characterized him in after ...
... means of imparting other instruction or not . The knowledge that relates to the ordinary concerns of life may be forgotten : correct princi- ples , once infused into the mind , and clearly apprehended ably characterized him in after ...
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... means satisfactory . Being employed as a local preacher among the Methodists , every Sunday he was called upon to fulfil his appointments , while the moral and religious culture of his children was comparatively neglected . This system ...
... means satisfactory . Being employed as a local preacher among the Methodists , every Sunday he was called upon to fulfil his appointments , while the moral and religious culture of his children was comparatively neglected . This system ...
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... means would allow , carried me onward towards the vortex of dissipation . " One circumstance I must not omit to notice , during this * There was a Bible in the house ; but to the reading of this , because it was enjoined upon him by his ...
... means would allow , carried me onward towards the vortex of dissipation . " One circumstance I must not omit to notice , during this * There was a Bible in the house ; but to the reading of this , because it was enjoined upon him by his ...
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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.