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... honours of authorship ; all he is anxious for , is to dis play , in the simplest manner , the merits , talents , and pursuits of his friend . That friend is thus made to present himself to us in his own person , and his familiar ...
... honours of authorship ; all he is anxious for , is to dis play , in the simplest manner , the merits , talents , and pursuits of his friend . That friend is thus made to present himself to us in his own person , and his familiar ...
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... his adding , at the end of almost every note relating to one or another distinguished personage of Dr. Beattie's acquaintance , " And I also had the honour of his friendship . " This occurs so often Sir W. Forbes's Life of Dr. Beattie .
... his adding , at the end of almost every note relating to one or another distinguished personage of Dr. Beattie's acquaintance , " And I also had the honour of his friendship . " This occurs so often Sir W. Forbes's Life of Dr. Beattie .
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honour of his friendship . " This occurs so often , that we have felt that kind of irritation , which is excited when a man , that we wish to respect , is for the tenth or twentieth time doing or repeating a foolish thing in order to ...
honour of his friendship . " This occurs so often , that we have felt that kind of irritation , which is excited when a man , that we wish to respect , is for the tenth or twentieth time doing or repeating a foolish thing in order to ...
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... honour which they can claim ; and are sorry that we cannot , without compro- mising the paramount rights of truth and duty , bestow any commendation on the accuracy of his statements , or the elo- quence of his address . * Psalm cxliv ...
... honour which they can claim ; and are sorry that we cannot , without compro- mising the paramount rights of truth and duty , bestow any commendation on the accuracy of his statements , or the elo- quence of his address . * Psalm cxliv ...
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... honour to posterity ; yet amidst the rich in- heritance which that age did bequeath to after times , it is possible that this legacy might have been unworthily estimated and little regarded . But now being given to a generation unborn ...
... honour to posterity ; yet amidst the rich in- heritance which that age did bequeath to after times , it is possible that this legacy might have been unworthily estimated and little regarded . But now being given to a generation unborn ...
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Page 252 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 534 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 421 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 522 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 384 - How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start...
Page 534 - ... and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst...
Page 419 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 439 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Page 65 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart, and voice, and eyes Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God Supreme, who made him chief Of all his works...
Page 384 - I CLIMB'D the dark brow of the mighty Hellvellyn, Lakes and mountains beneath me gleam'd misty and wide ; All was still, save by fits, when the eagle was yelling. And starting around me the echoes replied.