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Page 114
... were to be his last on earth , he wrote in the evening that touching and eloquent letter to his wife , which can never be read without sympathy . Our limits restrict us to only a few of its 114 EXAMPLES OF LIFE AND DEATH .
... were to be his last on earth , he wrote in the evening that touching and eloquent letter to his wife , which can never be read without sympathy . Our limits restrict us to only a few of its 114 EXAMPLES OF LIFE AND DEATH .
Page 115
... and send us to meet in His glo- rious kingdom . " My dear wife , farewell . Bless my poor boy . Pray for me , and let my good God hold you both in his arms . " Written with the dying hand of sometime thy hus- SIR WALTER RALEIGH . 115.
... and send us to meet in His glo- rious kingdom . " My dear wife , farewell . Bless my poor boy . Pray for me , and let my good God hold you both in his arms . " Written with the dying hand of sometime thy hus- SIR WALTER RALEIGH . 115.
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... the close and dark cell allotted him for a dormitory . Yet this long period of adversity was not without its alleviations . His faithful and affec- tionate wife was allowed to pass a portion of her 116 EXAMPLES OF LIFE AND DEATH .
... the close and dark cell allotted him for a dormitory . Yet this long period of adversity was not without its alleviations . His faithful and affec- tionate wife was allowed to pass a portion of her 116 EXAMPLES OF LIFE AND DEATH .
Page 117
Lydia Howard Sigourney. tionate wife was allowed to pass a portion of her time in the abode of his captivity . She often brought thither her son Walter , whose education was thus conducted under the direc- tion of the accomplished father ...
Lydia Howard Sigourney. tionate wife was allowed to pass a portion of her time in the abode of his captivity . She often brought thither her son Walter , whose education was thus conducted under the direc- tion of the accomplished father ...
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... wife and only son . He then drew up in a few words a justification of his conduct in points where it had been aspersed ; and bending over the Holy Scriptures , seemed absorbed in their study . On one of its blank leaves , the follow ...
... wife and only son . He then drew up in a few words a justification of his conduct in points where it had been aspersed ; and bending over the Holy Scriptures , seemed absorbed in their study . On one of its blank leaves , the follow ...
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Admiral afflictions amid beautiful became beloved benevolence blessed born cause charity cheered Christian comfort command COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK daughter death deep delighted devoted divine duty early earnest earth earthly Egede Eliot eloquence England eyes faith father favor friends gave grace grave Greenland Hans Egede happiness hath heart heaven Henry HERMAN BOERHAAVE holy honor hope humble humility husband illustrious JOHN GOWER king labors Lady Lady Jane Grey land learning live Lord ment mercy mind mingled morning mother mournful native nature Navarre ness never noble parents peace piety poor pray prayer prince Prince of Condé prison queen Raleigh religion religious RICHARD BAXTER seemed ship sick SIR MATTHEW HALE Sir Walter Raleigh solemn sorrow soul spirit suffered sweet Tagaste talents tears tender thee thine Thomas à Kempis Thou thought tion unto wife William Penn young youth
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Page 346 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God*.
Page 127 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Page 20 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 149 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Page 155 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Page 121 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Page 91 - Have mercy upon me, O God, According to thy loving kindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies Blot out my transgressions.
Page 264 - My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by his power.
Page 263 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Page 126 - Tell fortune of her blindness; Tell nature of decay; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay; And if they will reply, Then give them all the lie.