The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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Page 24
... young to judge . " When I was about six years old , I felt much interested in the different parts of the process of mining , and was very ambitious of sinking a shaft . I prevailed on my brother and another boy to join me , and we ...
... young to judge . " When I was about six years old , I felt much interested in the different parts of the process of mining , and was very ambitious of sinking a shaft . I prevailed on my brother and another boy to join me , and we ...
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... young . Grieved as his father often was at his wayward conduct , the lively sallies of the child amused him ; and he observed one day to his other children , " That boy , ungovernable as he is , has more sense than all of us . ' 999 6 ...
... young . Grieved as his father often was at his wayward conduct , the lively sallies of the child amused him ; and he observed one day to his other children , " That boy , ungovernable as he is , has more sense than all of us . ' 999 6 ...
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... young , flying about midway between the sea and the elevation on which I stood , when I was seized with a strange resolution to descend the cliff , and make my way to the place where they had built their nests . It was a desperate and ...
... young , flying about midway between the sea and the elevation on which I stood , when I was seized with a strange resolution to descend the cliff , and make my way to the place where they had built their nests . It was a desperate and ...
Page 39
... young shoemaker named Drew was then working in Liskeard . When , on arriving home , he learned that Samuel was gone , he immediately identified him with the " young shoemaker , " and despatched his eldest son Jabez in pursuit . Upon ...
... young shoemaker named Drew was then working in Liskeard . When , on arriving home , he learned that Samuel was gone , he immediately identified him with the " young shoemaker , " and despatched his eldest son Jabez in pursuit . Upon ...
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... 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 conversion . He It has been already stated that the father's time was partly occupied in ...
... 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 conversion . He It has been already stated that the father's time was partly occupied in ...
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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.