The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 - 530 pages |
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Page 55 - In the midst of the waters, I knelt on a rock, and commended my soul to Him who hath all power in heaven and earth, well knowing that he was able to say to the turbulent ocean, * Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Page 409 - O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, ' Some boundless contiguity of shade, ' Where rumour of oppression and deceit, ' Of unsuccessful, or successful war, ' Might never reach me more!' When I began this letter, it was
Page 321 - Where saints immortal reign ; ' Infinite day excludes the night, ' And pleasures banish pain.' ' There I shall see his face, ' And never, never sin ; ' There, from the rivers of his grace, • Drink endless pleasures in.' ' Far from a world of grief and sin, ' With God eternally shut in !' " When Mr. D. gave me an account of Dr. Clarke's death, he closed the relation with these
Page 88 - with exquisite propriety have exclaimed, " Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar ?" SECTION IX. Literary pursuits — Appointed a Local Preacher and Class
Page 374 - 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.
Page 501 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, ' The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy' ? " In reply to this question, I would recommend you to
Page 479 - A gentleman one day remarking to Mr. D. that very reprehensible expressions were often used in the pulpit,—" Aye, sir," said he, " the pulpit is the strong hold of the ignorant dogmatist. A man ' wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason,
Page 374 - from the smutch'd artificer is oft too welcome, and may much disturb the bias of the purpose.' But though I do not pretend to be a perfect orthographer, or philologist; yet I can detect errors in doctrine, though surrounded by the sophistical glare of philosophic chicane. There is not any thing in these letters that I should be ashamed of; for
Page 354 - For I desire any one so to divide a solid body, of any dimension he pleases, as to make it possible for the solid parts to move up and down freely everyway within the bounds of their superficies, if there be not left in it a void
Page 507 - this is no reason why you should remain at a distance. ' The whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.' The only condition of membership is, ' an earnest desire to flee from the wrath to come, accompanied with a life correspondent with that desire.'