Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ...: With a Brief Memoir of His Life |
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... never received even a " slight punishment or reprimand at any school " to which he ever went ; and in nearly twelve 66 years that he was under my mother's care , I " cannot recollect that he ever acted contrary " to her wishes , or ...
... never received even a " slight punishment or reprimand at any school " to which he ever went ; and in nearly twelve 66 years that he was under my mother's care , I " cannot recollect that he ever acted contrary " to her wishes , or ...
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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 . " 66 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 . " 66 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 produc- tions , 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 produc- tions , shall be presented to the reader in the course of this volume . Most of his poems were written ...
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... never took the trouble of tran- scribing more than a few lines from the first rude sketch . His native modesty , and the fas- tidious judgment which he exercised over all his own compositions , led him often to under- value what even ...
... never took the trouble of tran- scribing more than a few lines from the first rude sketch . His native modesty , and the fas- tidious judgment which he exercised over all his own compositions , led him often to under- value what even ...
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... never smiled ; The miscreant's jaws were never seen to close , The miscreant's eyes had never known repose : - Swift to the Gallic camp she sped her way , And Britain's soldiers , ere the dawn of day , : - Heard through the hostile ...
... never smiled ; The miscreant's jaws were never seen to close , The miscreant's eyes had never known repose : - Swift to the Gallic camp she sped her way , And Britain's soldiers , ere the dawn of day , : - Heard through the hostile ...
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Page 333 - 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 296 - 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 344 - 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 432 - 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 79 - 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 446 - 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 230 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 42 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Page 255 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 423 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...