Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ...: With a Brief Memoir of His Life |
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... nature of the work may possibly render it more generally use- ful than one exclusively upon religious sub- jects . Many , who admire the raptures of the poet , may be induced to regard with re- verence the instructions of the divine ...
... nature of the work may possibly render it more generally use- ful than one exclusively upon religious sub- jects . Many , who admire the raptures of the poet , may be induced to regard with re- verence the instructions of the divine ...
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... nature in fierce conflict . Disappointed ambi- tion , revenge , despair , remorse , were to be re- presented as raging by turns in the captive's mind , or dashing , as it were , against each other , and struggling for utterance . The ...
... nature in fierce conflict . Disappointed ambi- tion , revenge , despair , remorse , were to be re- presented as raging by turns in the captive's mind , or dashing , as it were , against each other , and struggling for utterance . The ...
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... nature ; but , on the contrary , endeavoured to shun all occasions of notoriety . This portion of his life , accord- ingly , supplies but little other materials for his memoir than a short account of his studies , and of his few ...
... nature ; but , on the contrary , endeavoured to shun all occasions of notoriety . This portion of his life , accord- ingly , supplies but little other materials for his memoir than a short account of his studies , and of his few ...
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... nature never gave a simile , discovered his name to be Syl- logism . Two of the heads grew from the same neck ; one larger than the other . The third grew from the other two , and always leaned to the weaker side . It seemed not to have ...
... nature never gave a simile , discovered his name to be Syl- logism . Two of the heads grew from the same neck ; one larger than the other . The third grew from the other two , and always leaned to the weaker side . It seemed not to have ...
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... wit and unaffected humour came in all the simplicity of nature from his lips : he held a volume which he incessantly studied , and in which I perceived the name of Menander . I then saw one , whose face it 56 REMAINS OF.
... wit and unaffected humour came in all the simplicity of nature from his lips : he held a volume which he incessantly studied , and in which I perceived the name of Menander . I then saw one , whose face it 56 REMAINS OF.
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Page 333 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness...
Page 296 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 344 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 432 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 79 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 446 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 230 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 42 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Page 255 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 423 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...