The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... present the reader with those features in his father's character which are not seen in his writings , he has been less solicitous to show the metaphysician than to depict the man - to portray the philosopher than to delineate the ...
... present the reader with those features in his father's character which are not seen in his writings , he has been less solicitous to show the metaphysician than to depict the man - to portray the philosopher than to delineate the ...
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... 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.
... 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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... present life are suffered to outweigh the considerations of eternity ; yet , if our temporal welfare be so closely allied to our religious belief , and this be- lief involve our final destiny , whatever tends to confirm and inculcate ...
... present life are suffered to outweigh the considerations of eternity ; yet , if our temporal welfare be so closely allied to our religious belief , and this be- lief involve our final destiny , whatever tends to confirm and inculcate ...
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... present purpose to pursue , we may confidently leave it to the evidence of facts . The accu- mulation and comparison of these will lead to the conviction , that the religion of the heart is favourable to the highest dis- plays of the ...
... present purpose to pursue , we may confidently leave it to the evidence of facts . The accu- mulation and comparison of these will lead to the conviction , that the religion of the heart is favourable to the highest dis- plays of the ...
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... present day , he was said to be the best scribe in his neighbourhood . Among the religious society with which he was connected this superior education gave him a degree of influence which his personal piety confirmed and sustained . He ...
... present day , he was said to be the best scribe in his neighbourhood . Among the religious society with which he was connected this superior education gave him a degree of influence which his personal piety confirmed and sustained . He ...
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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.