The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... mind . But , though all biographical writings tend thus to enlarge our knowledge of human nature , there are some memoirs which furnish more valuable facts and more delicate tests than others . Where , for instance , the mental powers ...
... mind . But , though all biographical writings tend thus to enlarge our knowledge of human nature , there are some memoirs which furnish more valuable facts and more delicate tests than others . Where , for instance , the mental powers ...
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... 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 value than the final display of his skill , or the ...
... 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 value than the final display of his skill , or the ...
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... minds have avowed themselves the subjects of such a supernatural change , and evinced the truth of the declaration by a ... mind were thus roused into activity , and conse- crated to the service of his God and his neighbour . It is in ...
... minds have avowed themselves the subjects of such a supernatural change , and evinced the truth of the declaration by a ... mind were thus roused into activity , and conse- crated to the service of his God and his neighbour . It is in ...
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... mind of the pious believer , will indis- pose him to trace out the wisdom and the power displayed in all the works of Deity . It cannot be credited , that the energetic principle which regulates our passions , controls our temper , and ...
... mind of the pious believer , will indis- pose him to trace out the wisdom and the power displayed in all the works of Deity . It cannot be credited , that the energetic principle which regulates our passions , controls our temper , and ...
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... 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 read and write that she acquired . The specimen of her penmanship which ...
... 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 read and write that she acquired . The specimen of her penmanship which ...
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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.