Selections from the Writings of Mrs. Sarah Hall: Author of Conversations on the BibleH. Hall, 1833 - 180 pages |
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... talent . The many changes of the style in composition , each costume appropriate to its purpose , display her happy faculty of adaptation . And the frequent , sudden interchange of topic , from the serious to the sprightly , ( although ...
... talent . The many changes of the style in composition , each costume appropriate to its purpose , display her happy faculty of adaptation . And the frequent , sudden interchange of topic , from the serious to the sprightly , ( although ...
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... talents and attainments . Having been brought up during the troublesome times of the Re- volution , and when it was not customary to bestow much cultivation upon the female mind , she en- joyed few of those advantages in early life ...
... talents and attainments . Having been brought up during the troublesome times of the Re- volution , and when it was not customary to bestow much cultivation upon the female mind , she en- joyed few of those advantages in early life ...
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... talents for conversation . Few men ever possessed , in so high a degree , the art of com- municating to others , the acquisitions of his own mind . He had the faculty of rendering science familiar and agreeable , and of bringing the ...
... talents for conversation . Few men ever possessed , in so high a degree , the art of com- municating to others , the acquisitions of his own mind . He had the faculty of rendering science familiar and agreeable , and of bringing the ...
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... talents of an editor , but wanted the in- dustry , and the laborious habits necessary to make an original writer . He had a delicate perception of the beautiful , in sentiment and style , and selected LIFE OF MRS . SARAH HALL . XV.
... talents of an editor , but wanted the in- dustry , and the laborious habits necessary to make an original writer . He had a delicate perception of the beautiful , in sentiment and style , and selected LIFE OF MRS . SARAH HALL . XV.
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... talents for conversation were very con- siderable . With a fund of knowledge , with all that elegance and delicacy of thought which so peculiarly belong to the educated female , and with a flow of spirits which forsook her not under the ...
... talents for conversation were very con- siderable . With a fund of knowledge , with all that elegance and delicacy of thought which so peculiarly belong to the educated female , and with a flow of spirits which forsook her not under the ...
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Page 177 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 179 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? . . . When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 36 - Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Page 61 - And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 177 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 62 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 36 - And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Page 176 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty : For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Page 13 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years...
Page 63 - Then shall the earth yield her increase ; And GOD, even our own GOD, shall bless us. GOD shall bless us ; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.