Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D.: Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in BengalKirk and Mercein, 1818 - 537 pages |
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... thought by some that they have already exceeded their just limits . It may not be unnecessary to observe , that this vol- ume contains the history of a man , whose leading characteristic was a sincere and devoted attachment to the ...
... thought by some that they have already exceeded their just limits . It may not be unnecessary to observe , that this vol- ume contains the history of a man , whose leading characteristic was a sincere and devoted attachment to the ...
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... thought I could not be known , I called at gentlemen's " houses , and farm - houses , where I was in general kindly " lodged . They were very well pleased with my playing " reels to them , ( for I played them better than I can now ...
... thought I could not be known , I called at gentlemen's " houses , and farm - houses , where I was in general kindly " lodged . They were very well pleased with my playing " reels to them , ( for I played them better than I can now ...
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... thought much and seriously upon his own state , and upon re- ligious subjects ; during which his reflections were some- times gloomy and desponding , and resembling the sighing " of the prisoner " for deliverance ; and at others cheered ...
... thought much and seriously upon his own state , and upon re- ligious subjects ; during which his reflections were some- times gloomy and desponding , and resembling the sighing " of the prisoner " for deliverance ; and at others cheered ...
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Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal Hugh Pearson. thought seriously of a reformation . He mentions emphatic- ally of a season of private prayer , and his intention of pur- chasing a new Bible , when he could afford ...
Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal Hugh Pearson. thought seriously of a reformation . He mentions emphatic- ally of a season of private prayer , and his intention of pur- chasing a new Bible , when he could afford ...
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... thought of any re- ligious duty . Thus I lived till within these few months ; " exactly three years since my voluntary banishment from " my native country ; three tedious years ! and for any thing " I could have done myself , I might ...
... thought of any re- ligious duty . Thus I lived till within these few months ; " exactly three years since my voluntary banishment from " my native country ; three tedious years ! and for any thing " I could have done myself , I might ...
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Page 167 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 166 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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