The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... biography , there is a moral in the life of SAMUEL DREW which must present itself to every thoughtful reader . St. Austell , February , 1834 . JACOB HALLS DREW . CONTENTS . SECTION I. Page Preliminary Remarks 13 SECTION II PREFACE . vii.
... biography , there is a moral in the life of SAMUEL DREW which must present itself to every thoughtful reader . St. Austell , February , 1834 . JACOB HALLS DREW . CONTENTS . SECTION I. Page Preliminary Remarks 13 SECTION II PREFACE . vii.
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... Moral debasement , and its cause . SECTION IV . Samuel's temper in boyhood - Apprenticed to a shoemaker - Harsh usage - Evil habits - Anecdotes and incidents - Absconds from his master's service - Consequent hardships - Returns to his ...
... Moral debasement , and its cause . SECTION IV . Samuel's temper in boyhood - Apprenticed to a shoemaker - Harsh usage - Evil habits - Anecdotes and incidents - Absconds from his master's service - Consequent hardships - Returns to his ...
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... moral and civil condition of man , -- a connection so intimate as to author- ize him in placing Christian principles and human happiness in the relation of cause and effect . Though , with the great majority of the human family , judg ...
... moral and civil condition of man , -- a connection so intimate as to author- ize him in placing Christian principles and human happiness in the relation of cause and effect . Though , with the great majority of the human family , judg ...
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... moral philosopher what a series of experiments is to the student of physical science . Each is a register of facts from which important principles may be deduced . From the one we infer the properties of matter , and from the other we ...
... moral philosopher what a series of experiments is to the student of physical science . Each is a register of facts from which important principles may be deduced . From the one we infer the properties of matter , and from the other we ...
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... moral system , will incapacitate us for mental exercise or intellectual enjoyment . Nor can it be reasonably thought , that the faith which supplies a purer motive , and prom- ises a more glorious reward , than wealth or fame , will ...
... moral system , will incapacitate us for mental exercise or intellectual enjoyment . Nor can it be reasonably thought , that the faith which supplies a purer motive , and prom- ises a more glorious reward , than wealth or fame , will ...
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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.