Memoirs and select remains of an only son [W.F. Durant].T. Hamilton, 1822 - 278 páginas A biographical account of William Friend Durant. |
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... to live soberly , righte ously and godly in this present world . " * The writer has found it difficult to satisfy himself in making a selection * Titus ii . 12 . from Essays and Poems , which would , altogether , b 3 PREFACE .
... to live soberly , righte ously and godly in this present world . " * The writer has found it difficult to satisfy himself in making a selection * Titus ii . 12 . from Essays and Poems , which would , altogether , b 3 PREFACE .
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... present volume - are wholly or partially ex- cluded , * -because too large for inser- tion , generally too consecutive to admit of partial extracts , -and too compressed to be capable of a good abridgment . In making the selection , he ...
... present volume - are wholly or partially ex- cluded , * -because too large for inser- tion , generally too consecutive to admit of partial extracts , -and too compressed to be capable of a good abridgment . In making the selection , he ...
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... present by the agonies of anticipation ? It will be enough ” — ( Alas ! I find it so ! ) — " it will be enough to endure his actual death , without enduring the dread of meeting the evil at every turn of his pas- sage through life ...
... present by the agonies of anticipation ? It will be enough ” — ( Alas ! I find it so ! ) — " it will be enough to endure his actual death , without enduring the dread of meeting the evil at every turn of his pas- sage through life ...
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... present before the public , a youth , of no ordinary character , equally distinguished by the brilliancy of his mental powers , the sweetness of his temper , and the strength and steadiness of his christian principles : —and it is not ...
... present before the public , a youth , of no ordinary character , equally distinguished by the brilliancy of his mental powers , the sweetness of his temper , and the strength and steadiness of his christian principles : —and it is not ...
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... present religion before him in her own charming and attractive form . He never saw gloom in us ; and he soon learned that religion was at once the inspirer and the guardian of our happiness . A connection of great importance to his ...
... present religion before him in her own charming and attractive form . He never saw gloom in us ; and he soon learned that religion was at once the inspirer and the guardian of our happiness . A connection of great importance to his ...
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Página 87 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Página v - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Página 8 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Página 61 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Página 2 - The LORD gave and the LORD taketh away, and blessed be the name of the LORD.
Página 38 - God that his parents 37 had never departed from it. I am not sure that my agony, on hearing of his death, was much more intense than that which I then endured, from an apprehension of his guilt. Instantly, but without betraying my emotions, I asked him what he had said. He answered, at once, in so artless and unembarrassed a manner, as to convince me that he was unconscious of falsehood, — that there must have been some misconception in the case, and that my boy was yet innocent.
Página 38 - ... death, was much more intense than that which I then endured, from an apprehension of his guilt. Instantly, but without betraying my emotions, I asked him what he had said. He answered, at once, in so artless and unembarrassed a manner, as to convince me that he was unconscious of falsehood, — that there must have been some misconception in the case, and that my boy was yet innocent. I pursued the inquiry, and in a few moments found, to my inexpressible joy, that he was perfectly correct in...
Página 4 - Thou embryo-angel, or thou infant fiend, A being now begun, but ne'er to end, What boding fears a Father's heart torment, Trembling and anxious for the grand event, Lest thy young soul so late by...
Página 37 - I was thunderstruck and almost distracted ; for the information seemed to blast my most cherished hopes. This might, I thought, be the commencement of a series of evils for ever ruinous to our peace. I am not — I never was — naturally of a temper to augur the worst; but the first grand moral delinquency, even at such...
Página 156 - He will have it known, that though he uses instruments, he needs them not. It is a piece of divine royalty and magnificence, that when he hath prepared and polished such a utensil, so as to be capable of great service, he can lay it by without loss.