Life of James MontgomeryGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 416 pages |
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Page 39
... weeks one of those hurricanes broke over the island , which carry such swift and sudden desola- tion over land and sea . Vessels were driven ashore ; sugar cane and sugar works melted before the blast ; houses were levelled ; and men ...
... weeks one of those hurricanes broke over the island , which carry such swift and sudden desola- tion over land and sea . Vessels were driven ashore ; sugar cane and sugar works melted before the blast ; houses were levelled ; and men ...
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... weekly of some note in its day . On the second of April , 1792 , the young man came to his new lodgings in Mr. Gales's family at the Hartshead , where the handsome and commodious shop of his master was one of the most conspicuous ...
... weekly of some note in its day . On the second of April , 1792 , the young man came to his new lodgings in Mr. Gales's family at the Hartshead , where the handsome and commodious shop of his master was one of the most conspicuous ...
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... week his valedictory ap- peared in the columns of the Register . " Could my imprisonment , " adds the fugitive editor , " or even death , serve the cause which I have espoused — the cause of liberty , peace , and justice - it would be ...
... week his valedictory ap- peared in the columns of the Register . " Could my imprisonment , " adds the fugitive editor , " or even death , serve the cause which I have espoused — the cause of liberty , peace , and justice - it would be ...
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... week . On the 4th of July , 1794 , appeared the first number of the Iris , wearing the conciliatory head - piece : - " Ours are the plans of fair , delightful Peace , ' Unwarped by party rage , to live like Brothers . " The poet's ...
... week . On the 4th of July , 1794 , appeared the first number of the Iris , wearing the conciliatory head - piece : - " Ours are the plans of fair , delightful Peace , ' Unwarped by party rage , to live like Brothers . " The poet's ...
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... week the released editor greets us through the columns of the Iris , and his cheerful tone falls pleasantly on the ear . There is nothing of the whimpering politician , or a disposition to make capital from his misfortunes ; nor is he ...
... week the released editor greets us through the columns of the Iris , and his cheerful tone falls pleasantly on the ear . There is nothing of the whimpering politician , or a disposition to make capital from his misfortunes ; nor is he ...
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Page 212 - Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 374 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 377 - FOR EVER with the Lord!" Amen! so let it be! Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Page 349 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 198 - Lonely, I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave ; Where you dwell shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grave. Mine the God whom you adore, Your Redeemer shall be mine ; Earth can fill my soul no more, Every idol I resign. 3 Tell me not of gain or loss, Ease, enjoyment, pomp and power; Welcome poverty and cross, Shame, reproach, affliction's hour ; "Follow me...
Page 396 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Page 244 - Twas night ; the floods were out ; it blew A winter hurricane aloof; I heard his voice abroad, and flew To bid him welcome to my roof ; I warmed, I clothed, I cheered my guest, Laid him on my own couch to rest ; Then made the hearth my bed, and seemed In Eden's garden while I dreamed.
Page 245 - Then in a moment, to my view, The stranger darted from disguise ; The tokens in his hands I knew—- My Saviour stood before mine eyes. He spake ; and my poor name he named — " Of Me thou hast not been ashamed ; These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not ! thou didst them unto me.
Page 89 - Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years ; And all that life is love. 4 There is a death, whose pang Outlasts the fleeting breath : O what eternal horrors hang Around the second death...
Page 346 - ... joy and crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus.