The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... THOUGHT AS A SAGE , WHILE HE FELT AS NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS , NO . 82 CLIFF - STREET , AND SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES . 1 8 3 5 . 116,291 FEB 7 1902 EAS • D77 PREFACE . CONSCIOUS.
... THOUGHT AS A SAGE , WHILE HE FELT AS NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS , NO . 82 CLIFF - STREET , AND SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES . 1 8 3 5 . 116,291 FEB 7 1902 EAS • D77 PREFACE . CONSCIOUS.
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... thought and great value have given place to others written in the playful- ness of humour , the warmth of affection , the unreserved- ness of friendship , or the glow of pious feeling . To deprecate the severity of criticism , because ...
... thought and great value have given place to others written in the playful- ness of humour , the warmth of affection , the unreserved- ness of friendship , or the glow of pious feeling . To deprecate the severity of criticism , because ...
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... thought shown in a letter to Dr. Adam Clarke - His catholic spirit exemplified in a public address , and in various let- ters - His pacific disposition 265 SECTION XXIX . Miscellaneous traits of character - Conversational talents . 278 ...
... thought shown in a letter to Dr. Adam Clarke - His catholic spirit exemplified in a public address , and in various let- ters - His pacific disposition 265 SECTION XXIX . Miscellaneous traits of character - Conversational talents . 278 ...
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... thought , that the faith which supplies a purer motive , and prom- ises a more glorious reward , than wealth or fame , will furnish a less powerful incentive to honourable exertion . Without yielding the truth of a proposition which we ...
... thought , that the faith which supplies a purer motive , and prom- ises a more glorious reward , than wealth or fame , will furnish a less powerful incentive to honourable exertion . Without yielding the truth of a proposition which we ...
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... thought , to our importance . One of my com- panions , very little older than myself , lived with an aunt , who , on the death of his parents , had kindly brought him up . The additional halfpenny a day so elevated him in his own ...
... thought , to our importance . One of my com- panions , very little older than myself , lived with an aunt , who , on the death of his parents , had kindly brought him up . The additional halfpenny a day so elevated him in his own ...
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acquainted Adam Clarke affectionate Age of Reason appeared arguments Arminian attention Austell believe blessing brother Calvinistic character Christ Christian circumstances conversation Cornwall Crafthole DEAR SIR death Deism Divine Divine grace Drew's early effect endeavoured Essay esteemed eternity expressed faith father favour feel felt frequently gentleman give happiness Helston History of Cornwall honour hope human inquiry JOHN WHITAKER kind labour letter Liskeard literary live Liverpool London Lord ment metaphysical Metho Methodist mind moral nature never notice observes occasion Olinthus Gregory opinion pamphlet perhaps person perusal Polwhele preach preacher present reader reason received recollect religion religious remarks reply Resurrection Review SAMUEL DREW scarcely Scripture sermon sincerely society Socinian soon soul spirit thing thought tion truth Tywardreath views Wesleyan Whitaker WILLIAM GREGOR wish write young
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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.