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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... studies at Glasgow , till the last solemn evening we ever spent together . That night - never to be for- gotten by me - after the family devotions were closed , and before we retired to rest , his be- loved aunt , and he , and I bowed ...
... studies at Glasgow , till the last solemn evening we ever spent together . That night - never to be for- gotten by me - after the family devotions were closed , and before we retired to rest , his be- loved aunt , and he , and I bowed ...
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... studies which relieved , even while they occupied , him . He had a consi- derable taste for drawing , and has left me several bold and well - executed sketches . He made , with his pen , one sketch of a professor at Glasgow , whom I ...
... studies which relieved , even while they occupied , him . He had a consi- derable taste for drawing , and has left me several bold and well - executed sketches . He made , with his pen , one sketch of a professor at Glasgow , whom I ...
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... studies ; but he dexterously evaded the point , by saying , in his answer , " I hope that whatever may be my future engagements , I shall keep constantly in view the glory of God , and the good of my fellow - creatures . " In the last ...
... studies ; but he dexterously evaded the point , by saying , in his answer , " I hope that whatever may be my future engagements , I shall keep constantly in view the glory of God , and the good of my fellow - creatures . " In the last ...
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... studies this subject will find that , as he passes on , fresh prospects are ever opening before him ; that as soon as he has gained one object , another , brighter and more lovely , presents itself ; and that regions more beauteous than ...
... studies this subject will find that , as he passes on , fresh prospects are ever opening before him ; that as soon as he has gained one object , another , brighter and more lovely , presents itself ; and that regions more beauteous than ...
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... studies ; and had never , till that time , received five lessons , except in arithmetic , from any teachers but his father and mother . He knew not a single individual in the University . So entire a change in his habits - formed as he ...
... studies ; and had never , till that time , received five lessons , except in arithmetic , from any teachers but his father and mother . He knew not a single individual in the University . So entire a change in his habits - formed as he ...
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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.