Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. Cornelius WinterM. Gye, 1808 - 478 sider |
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Side xi
... thought by any means to depre- ciate ; yet the history of particular persons , if executed with fidelity and skill , while it exer- cises the judgment less severely , so it fixes down the attention more closely , and makes its way more ...
... thought by any means to depre- ciate ; yet the history of particular persons , if executed with fidelity and skill , while it exer- cises the judgment less severely , so it fixes down the attention more closely , and makes its way more ...
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over those performances and incidents , which promote vulgar greatness , to lead the thoughts into domestic privacies , and to display the mi- nute detail of daily life , where external appen- dages are cast aside , and men excel each ...
over those performances and incidents , which promote vulgar greatness , to lead the thoughts into domestic privacies , and to display the mi- nute detail of daily life , where external appen- dages are cast aside , and men excel each ...
Side xix
... though I know not whether there has been a wakeful hour since his death , in which I have not thought of the deceased , or that I have written a page concerning him without tears - for tears have been my meat . PREFACE . xix .
... though I know not whether there has been a wakeful hour since his death , in which I have not thought of the deceased , or that I have written a page concerning him without tears - for tears have been my meat . PREFACE . xix .
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... thought it an high honor conferred upon me . I felt it an affliction to be deprived of school- ing , and frequently found time hung heavy till I gained the privilege . When returning from school , I found myself excluded our apartments ...
... thought it an high honor conferred upon me . I felt it an affliction to be deprived of school- ing , and frequently found time hung heavy till I gained the privilege . When returning from school , I found myself excluded our apartments ...
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... thought it were better to die than to live , and in some parts of that time was ready to say , I choose strangling rather than life . Had I , in the former years been a partaker of grace , I should have thought I endured , as seeing him ...
... thought it were better to die than to live , and in some parts of that time was ready to say , I choose strangling rather than life . Had I , in the former years been a partaker of grace , I should have thought I endured , as seeing him ...
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Side 328 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no ^ flesh while the world standeth, * lest I make my brother to offend.
Side 281 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Side 281 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Side 294 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Side 375 - They take the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
Side 46 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Side xiii - Catiline, to remark that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion. Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us, that when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour, but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense...
Side 91 - My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Side 372 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Side 298 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...