The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... respect , may be the sentiments of him who writes , or of him who reads , it is neither to rear a monument to departed excellence , nor to gratify the craving appetite of excited curiosity , that the biog- rapher should undertake his ...
... respect , may be the sentiments of him who writes , or of him who reads , it is neither to rear a monument to departed excellence , nor to gratify the craving appetite of excited curiosity , that the biog- rapher should undertake his ...
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... , 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 OF SAMUEL DREW . SECTION II Family Connections and Parentage.
... , 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 OF SAMUEL DREW . SECTION II Family Connections and Parentage.
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... respect- able inhabitants of that neighbourhood he was known , and highly esteemed , as a young man of attainments beyond his station . In a subsequent page , it will be seen that his death was a prime cause of his brother Samuel's ...
... respect- able inhabitants of that neighbourhood he was known , and highly esteemed , as a young man of attainments beyond his station . In a subsequent page , it will be seen that his death was a prime cause of his brother Samuel's ...
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... respecting surrounding objects . Being now cast upon his own resources , he was compelled to exercise industry and economy . He used to describe himself as 66 a wretched tool at the trade , " unable , in ordinary hours , to earn more ...
... respecting surrounding objects . Being now cast upon his own resources , he was compelled to exercise industry and economy . He used to describe himself as 66 a wretched tool at the trade , " unable , in ordinary hours , to earn more ...
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... respect of his comrades , few of whom , dreading his wit , chose to be his assailants . His argu- 66 mentative powers , too , were now beginning to develop them- selves , upon such matters as were likely to engage the atten- tion of ...
... respect of his comrades , few of whom , dreading his wit , chose to be his assailants . His argu- 66 mentative powers , too , were now beginning to develop them- selves , upon such matters as were likely to engage the atten- tion of ...
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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.