Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ... with a Brief Memoir of His LifeHamilton, Adams, and Company, 1842 - 371 pages |
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Page vii
... never had any other * in- terest in its publication than a natural desire to see the remains of a dear friend made interesting and useful beyond the circle of his acquaintance : but this consideration alone is enough to make me watch ...
... never had any other * in- terest in its publication than a natural desire to see the remains of a dear friend made interesting and useful beyond the circle of his acquaintance : but this consideration alone is enough to make me watch ...
Page xix
... never issued from his mind , or that it had been in- stantly buried in oblivion , than that it should have become a snare to a single soul ; and I may add , on the other hand , that if aught could heighten his present happiness , it ...
... never issued from his mind , or that it had been in- stantly buried in oblivion , than that it should have become a snare to a single soul ; and I may add , on the other hand , that if aught could heighten his present happiness , it ...
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... never received even a slight punishment 66 or reprimand at any school to which he ever went ; " and in nearly twelve years that he was under my " mother's care I cannot recollect that he ever acted 66 contrary to her wishes , or caused ...
... never received even a slight punishment 66 or reprimand at any school to which he ever went ; " and in nearly twelve years that he was under my " mother's care I cannot recollect that he ever acted 66 contrary to her wishes , or caused ...
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... never heard " of a schoolfellow or a college acquaintance who did " not respect or love him ; but I will not say more to " you . " The pleasing testimony to his character and abilities contained in this extract is indeed fully borne out ...
... never heard " of a schoolfellow or a college acquaintance who did " not respect or love him ; but I will not say more to " you . " The pleasing testimony to his character and abilities contained in this extract is indeed fully borne out ...
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... never to have been written out fairly ; but some fragments of it have been preserved , which , with a few other of his early productions , shall be presented to the reader in the course of this volume . Most of his poems were written ...
... never to have been written out fairly ; but some fragments of it have been preserved , which , with a few other of his early productions , shall be presented to the reader in the course of this volume . Most of his poems were written ...
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Page 262 - 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 233 - 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 182 - They cannot mean that," answered Mr. Mertonn, " for our Lord has also told us to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven...
Page 26 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 337 - 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 270 - 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 64 - 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 349 - 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 25 - We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 204 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good.