The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... passed unregarded by his irreligious relatives . In his case , the prediction of Christ respecting the treatment of his followers , that " a man's foes shall be they of his own house- hold , " was literally verified . A storm of 18 LIFE ...
... passed unregarded by his irreligious relatives . In his case , the prediction of Christ respecting the treatment of his followers , that " a man's foes shall be they of his own house- hold , " was literally verified . A storm of 18 LIFE ...
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... passed , he knew was sure to be executed , and which was commonly inflicted on the culprit in bed . Apprehensive of such a visit , Šamuel prevailed on his unsuspecting brother to exchange places with him for the night ; and the stripes ...
... passed , he knew was sure to be executed , and which was commonly inflicted on the culprit in bed . Apprehensive of such a visit , Šamuel prevailed on his unsuspecting brother to exchange places with him for the night ; and the stripes ...
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... passed , Poor little things ! they little know the loss they have sustained . ' " This shows how deeply minute circumstances , relative to his bereavement , were impressed on his childish memory 1 forgotten ; and in his first metrical ...
... passed , Poor little things ! they little know the loss they have sustained . ' " This shows how deeply minute circumstances , relative to his bereavement , were impressed on his childish memory 1 forgotten ; and in his first metrical ...
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... passed , it turned upon me and my companions huge fiery eyes , that struck terror to all our hearts . The road where ... passing through the gate as it did , there would be no reason to suppose it any thing more than an animal perhaps ...
... passed , it turned upon me and my companions huge fiery eyes , that struck terror to all our hearts . The road where ... passing through the gate as it did , there would be no reason to suppose it any thing more than an animal perhaps ...
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... passed where bread was sold , and , with a halfpenny worth of milk , in a farmer's house , ate half of my loaf for breakfast . In passing through Liskeard , my attention was attracted by a shoemaker's shop , in the door of which a ...
... passed where bread was sold , and , with a halfpenny worth of milk , in a farmer's house , ate half of my loaf for breakfast . In passing through Liskeard , my attention was attracted by a shoemaker's shop , in the door of which a ...
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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.