Solitude Sweetened, Or Miscellaneous Meditations on Various Religious Subjects, Written in Distant Parts of the World (Classic Reprint)FB&C Limited, 2019 M01 3 - 292 pages Excerpt from Solitude Sweetened, or Miscellaneous Meditations on Various Religious Subjects, Written in Distant Parts of the World The greater part of them were written in the years 1757 - 1760, in the most unfavourable circumstances which can easily be conceived for study of any kind, and especially for religious meditation; not, like the Monthly Memorial, and the Secret Survey, amidst the quiet and comforts of home, in the retirement of the country, and during the intervals of leisure from the regular duties of his profession; but at sea, amidst the noise, and bustle, and Confusion of a man of war. A book written during hostilities, on board a ship Of war, may be considered as a literary curiosity; but this is perhaps the first heck of devotion ever composed in such circumstances. It may justly excite surprise, how the good man could find opportunity, or command composure of mind, in the cock-pit of the Portland, for writing not only the greater part of the present volume, but another series of Meditations, entitled, T he T rave] ler; and it must be particularly pleasing to pious minds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
