Lives, Characters, and an Address to PosterityJ. Duncan, 1833 - 386 psl. |
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... manner , of the above . Your question appeared to me a weighty one : and I wished to answer it as well as I could . But I could not do it , as I wished . Besides , I have been obliged to do it by snatches , when bad health , and bad ...
... manner , of the above . Your question appeared to me a weighty one : and I wished to answer it as well as I could . But I could not do it , as I wished . Besides , I have been obliged to do it by snatches , when bad health , and bad ...
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... manner altogether different from any thing I had expe- rienced , during twenty years ' previous knowledge of him some of them , years of the closest inti- macy . It seemed impossible , for persons of any mind , to pass a single day in ...
... manner altogether different from any thing I had expe- rienced , during twenty years ' previous knowledge of him some of them , years of the closest inti- macy . It seemed impossible , for persons of any mind , to pass a single day in ...
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... manners , and in principles , he was enabled to embody the very image , of this eminent , and remarkable man ; and a more perfect , and graphical description I never saw . By the kindness of my friend Mrs. But- terworth , I have , for ...
... manners , and in principles , he was enabled to embody the very image , of this eminent , and remarkable man ; and a more perfect , and graphical description I never saw . By the kindness of my friend Mrs. But- terworth , I have , for ...
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... manner of expression is natural and easy ; fluent , in general , but not very fast ; he hesitates , occasionally , for a word ; and encumbers his diction with long , explanatory parentheses , from which , however , he returns duly to ...
... manner of expression is natural and easy ; fluent , in general , but not very fast ; he hesitates , occasionally , for a word ; and encumbers his diction with long , explanatory parentheses , from which , however , he returns duly to ...
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... manner , and producing effects , of which we were unconscious . He compared a Calvinistic body of divinity to a barrel organ ; and that , not very well tuned . He spoke in raptures of ROBERT HALL : and said , there was scarcely any man ...
... manner , and producing effects , of which we were unconscious . He compared a Calvinistic body of divinity to a barrel organ ; and that , not very well tuned . He spoke in raptures of ROBERT HALL : and said , there was scarcely any man ...
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Lives, characters, and an address to posterity. Ed. by J.Jebb Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) Visos knygos peržiūra - 1833 |
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263 psl. - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
332 psl. - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
386 psl. - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
xvii psl. - GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed : Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
lxiv psl. - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and yc shall find rest for your souls.
xiii psl. - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
liii psl. - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
385 psl. - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
16 psl. - So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
332 psl. - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.