The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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Page 15
... notice . A fondness for adventurous exploit , and a love of the marvel- lous , lead the majority of readers to attach value to those lives only which consist " Of moving accidents by flood and field , Of hair - breadth ' scapes i ' the ...
... notice . A fondness for adventurous exploit , and a love of the marvel- lous , lead the majority of readers to attach value to those lives only which consist " Of moving accidents by flood and field , Of hair - breadth ' scapes i ' the ...
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... had kindly brought him up . The additional halfpenny a day so elevated him in his own opinion , that he very gravely went home , and gave his aunt notice , that , For as soon as his wages became due , he 28 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW .
... had kindly brought him up . The additional halfpenny a day so elevated him in his own opinion , that he very gravely went home , and gave his aunt notice , that , For as soon as his wages became due , he 28 LIFE OF SAMUEL DREW .
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... notice , during this * There was a Bible in the house ; but to the reading of this , because it was enjoined upon him by his master on Sundays , he seems to have contracted a dislike . period of my life , as it strikingly marks the 32 ...
... notice , during this * There was a Bible in the house ; but to the reading of this , because it was enjoined upon him by his master on Sundays , he seems to have contracted a dislike . period of my life , as it strikingly marks the 32 ...
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... Notice was given throughout Crafthole , one evening , about the month of December , 1784 , that a vessel , laden with contraband goods , was on the coast , and would be ready that night to discharge her cargo . At nightfall , Samuel ...
... Notice was given throughout Crafthole , one evening , about the month of December , 1784 , that a vessel , laden with contraband goods , was on the coast , and would be ready that night to discharge her cargo . At nightfall , Samuel ...
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... notice , and making its way in the good opinion of the public . When Methodism became more fully organized by the sub- division of the kingdom into circuits , Cornwall was comprised within two such divisions ; and St. Austell was made ...
... notice , and making its way in the good opinion of the public . When Methodism became more fully organized by the sub- division of the kingdom into circuits , Cornwall was comprised within two such divisions ; and St. Austell was made ...
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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.