Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet: With Selections from His CorrespondenceCharles Buxton H. Longstreth, 1849 - 510 pages |
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... ment gives way.—Mr. Buxton attacks them . - Encourage- ments from Mr. Wilberforce . - Mr . Brougham's Speech on Smith's case . Its effect on the country . - Mr . Wilberforce retires . The small number of abolitionists in Parliament ...
... ment gives way.—Mr. Buxton attacks them . - Encourage- ments from Mr. Wilberforce . - Mr . Brougham's Speech on Smith's case . Its effect on the country . - Mr . Wilberforce retires . The small number of abolitionists in Parliament ...
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... ment dissolved . - Letter from Bellfield . - Letter to a son at college . - Party at the Brewery . - Anecdotes . - Reflections on shooting . - Death of Mr. North . - Correspondence , . 219-238 CHAPTER XVIII 1832 . Insurrection in ...
... ment dissolved . - Letter from Bellfield . - Letter to a son at college . - Party at the Brewery . - Anecdotes . - Reflections on shooting . - Death of Mr. North . - Correspondence , . 219-238 CHAPTER XVIII 1832 . Insurrection in ...
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... ment ; and his health giving way ( chiefly from the want of sufficient food ) he was removed , shortly after his father's death , to the school of Dr. Charles Burney , at Greenwich , • Anna , afterwards married to William Forster , Esq ...
... ment ; and his health giving way ( chiefly from the want of sufficient food ) he was removed , shortly after his father's death , to the school of Dr. Charles Burney , at Greenwich , • Anna , afterwards married to William Forster , Esq ...
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... ment to the Society of Friends , and to their silent mode of worship . He frequently spent the Sunday under the roof of Mr. and Mrs. Fry , at Plashet in Essex ; and even when at home , from the time of his marriage up to the year 1811 ...
... ment to the Society of Friends , and to their silent mode of worship . He frequently spent the Sunday under the roof of Mr. and Mrs. Fry , at Plashet in Essex ; and even when at home , from the time of his marriage up to the year 1811 ...
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... ment of the prisoners within its walls ; and this suggested the idea of employing themselves in a similar manner . They soon entered into communication with Mr. William Craw- ford , Mr. P. Bedford , and other gentlemen , who were also ...
... ment of the prisoners within its walls ; and this suggested the idea of employing themselves in a similar manner . They soon entered into communication with Mr. William Craw- ford , Mr. P. Bedford , and other gentlemen , who were also ...
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Page 502 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 59 - And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Page 284 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Page 157 - Mark but my fall and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels; how can man then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 207 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom.
Page 435 - And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing : and I will cause the shower to come down in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing. " And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase...
Page 57 - We are told that the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Page 249 - Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Page 167 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.