Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal, Volume 1 |
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... reason for giving to the public some account of Dr. Buchanan , that , from the nature of the subjects to which his attention was directed , he unavoidably incurred a considerable degree of displeasure on the part of those whose opinions ...
... reason for giving to the public some account of Dr. Buchanan , that , from the nature of the subjects to which his attention was directed , he unavoidably incurred a considerable degree of displeasure on the part of those whose opinions ...
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... reason- ably entertain of any considerable success in the world , and , above all , the pious education which he had received , to find , that the memoranda in question exhibit frequent marks of his inward per- plexity and unhappiness ...
... reason- ably entertain of any considerable success in the world , and , above all , the pious education which he had received , to find , that the memoranda in question exhibit frequent marks of his inward per- plexity and unhappiness ...
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... reason that it has been " sometimes called a second nature . Nothing " but the hand of the Almighty who created me " can change my heart . " About two months ago I wrote my mother " some particulars of my state , and requested her ...
... reason that it has been " sometimes called a second nature . Nothing " but the hand of the Almighty who created me " can change my heart . " About two months ago I wrote my mother " some particulars of my state , and requested her ...
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... feared this change of sentiment " might be some idle whim that would soon vanish . " But when I began to deliberate calmly , reason pleaded that the plan was possible ; and the wis- * 66 " dom and power of God , and 34 MEMOIRS OF.
... feared this change of sentiment " might be some idle whim that would soon vanish . " But when I began to deliberate calmly , reason pleaded that the plan was possible ; and the wis- * 66 " dom and power of God , and 34 MEMOIRS OF.
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... " it with care , and may God grant a blessing in the " perusal . " 66 ས་ It was surely with good reason that Mr. Bu- chanan added , " It is not the smallest of my com- D 4 66 forts , that I have such a mother as DR . BUCHANAN . 39.
... " it with care , and may God grant a blessing in the " perusal . " 66 ས་ It was surely with good reason that Mr. Bu- chanan added , " It is not the smallest of my com- D 4 66 forts , that I have such a mother as DR . BUCHANAN . 39.
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