EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATE FREDERIC JAMES POST, OF ISLINGSTON. |
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... feeling of his own mind at the time . It appears that he commenced what may be called his Diary at a very early age , and that he adopted the plan at the suggestion of his father , who presented him with a book to begin with , in which ...
... feeling of his own mind at the time . It appears that he commenced what may be called his Diary at a very early age , and that he adopted the plan at the suggestion of his father , who presented him with a book to begin with , in which ...
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... feeling of grati- tude prevail for my beloved companion's happy release , and an earnest desire for myself to attain , through the mercy of God in Christ Jesus , an entrance equally peaceful into the mansions of everlasting rest ! " JB ...
... feeling of grati- tude prevail for my beloved companion's happy release , and an earnest desire for myself to attain , through the mercy of God in Christ Jesus , an entrance equally peaceful into the mansions of everlasting rest ! " JB ...
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... feeling of repugnance that an extract is exposed in these papers ; encouraged , however , by a hope that the perusal of it , -warm from the heart , and to the heart addressed , may find a profitable place in the minds of some of his ...
... feeling of repugnance that an extract is exposed in these papers ; encouraged , however , by a hope that the perusal of it , -warm from the heart , and to the heart addressed , may find a profitable place in the minds of some of his ...
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... much of his notice , until the period of his last illness , when , in order to illus- trate the subject of some conversation with his parents , he repeated , with much feel- ing , a portion of two pieces which he had 40 MEMOIR .
... much of his notice , until the period of his last illness , when , in order to illus- trate the subject of some conversation with his parents , he repeated , with much feel- ing , a portion of two pieces which he had 40 MEMOIR .
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... feel ; He wounds them for his mercy's sake : He wounds to heal . " He remarked , on hearing the above beautiful lines , that they brought to his recollection a part of some expressions ad- dressed to him by a minister , in a religious ...
... feel ; He wounds them for his mercy's sake : He wounds to heal . " He remarked , on hearing the above beautiful lines , that they brought to his recollection a part of some expressions ad- dressed to him by a minister , in a religious ...
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Extracts From The Diary And Other Manuscripts Of The Late Frederic James ... Frederic James Post,Jacob Post No preview available - 2019 |
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