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... thing quietly dies away till a better opportunity ; and be sure that no artificial excitement could have given it perma- nence , though it might have caused a premature abortive birth . " After some months , if the association lives ...
... thing quietly dies away till a better opportunity ; and be sure that no artificial excitement could have given it perma- nence , though it might have caused a premature abortive birth . " After some months , if the association lives ...
Page xvi
... thing which could leave on one of their minds the shadow of a shade of a suspicion of my motives . " Some months after , very urgent representations were made to Mr. Robertson as to the benefit the struggling Institution would receive ...
... thing which could leave on one of their minds the shadow of a shade of a suspicion of my motives . " Some months after , very urgent representations were made to Mr. Robertson as to the benefit the struggling Institution would receive ...
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... thing which has occurred to me but once or twice in all my ministry ; so I am thoroughly prepared with an opinion on a matter I have well considered . I will say at present I am quite resolved to sign no petition . Dr. V.'s pamphlet ...
... thing which has occurred to me but once or twice in all my ministry ; so I am thoroughly prepared with an opinion on a matter I have well considered . I will say at present I am quite resolved to sign no petition . Dr. V.'s pamphlet ...
Page xxxii
... thing better worthy of the vocation by which they were called . His own life was one long labour , of which , while others were marvelling at the wonderful gifts and graces it displayed , his own thought ever seemed to be " not as ...
... thing better worthy of the vocation by which they were called . His own life was one long labour , of which , while others were marvelling at the wonderful gifts and graces it displayed , his own thought ever seemed to be " not as ...
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... thing like vanity and assumption . My reasons for undertaking this office are these : I did it partly on personal grounds . It would be affectation to deny that the spontaneous request of a body of men , delegated by a thousand of my ...
... thing like vanity and assumption . My reasons for undertaking this office are these : I did it partly on personal grounds . It would be affectation to deny that the spontaneous request of a body of men , delegated by a thousand of my ...
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Page 172 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
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Page 198 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.