Men of Mark. A Book of Short Biographies. [With Plates.]Book Society, 1872 - 309 páginas |
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Men of Mark. A Book of Short Biographies. [With Plates.] Cecilia Lucy Brightwell Vista completa - 1872 |
Men of Mark. A Book of Short Biographies. [With Plates.] Cecilia Lucy Brightwell Vista completa - 1872 |
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Clarke admiration afterwards attention became began Benjamin West Bible blessed called character cheerful Christ Christian Church commenced death deep delight desire devoted Divine duty early earnest entered Everswinkel faith father favourite feelings felt friends Gospel grace Haldane happy heart heaven Herodotus holy honour hope impression instruction interest James Haldane John Kitto Kitto labours learned Lindley Murray lived Lord manner marriage mercy mind months mother Munster nature ness never occasion Overberg pain painted Parry Perthes piety pious Plato pleased pleasure poor prayer preached preacher received religion religious religious conversation Robert Haldane sailor says scenes Scoresby Scriptures seemed sermon ship Sir Edward Parry society soon sorrow soul spirit success suffered things thought tion truth Voltlage voyage walk wife WILLIAM SCORESBY words young youth
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Página 86 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Página 205 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 245 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Página 10 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Página 99 - was one whom every body loved. He belonged to a family in which probity, candour, and benevolence constituted the general likeness: but conceive, sir, if you can, the egregious impropriety of setting a boy of eleven to preach to a company of grave gentlemen, full half of whom wore wigs. I never call the circumstance to mind but with grief at the vanity it inspired; nor, when I think of such mistakes of good men, am I inclined to question the correctness of Baxter's language, strong as it is, where...
Página 80 - ... but sixteen hours, and often eighteen, out of the twenty-four, was more than I could bear. To come home weary and sleepy, and then to have only for mental sustenance the moments which, by self-imposed tortures, could be torn from needful rest, was a sore trial. And now that I look back upon this time, the amount of study which I did, under these circumstances, contrive to get through, amazes and confounds me, notwithstanding that my habits of application remain to this day strong and vigorous.
Página 194 - ... his mind and aid his restoration to health ; to yield him, whenever he chose them, most grateful intervals from his laborious studies, and enable him to return to them with redoubled vigour and delight.
Página 168 - Rejected, on which occasion the painter declared to him that there were inventive touches of art in his first and juvenile essay, which, with all his subsequent knowledge and experience, he had not been able to surpass.
Página 101 - ... to himself, was such as rather augmented than diminished their persuasion of what he could accomplish, if once he acquired self-possession. He was, therefore, appointed to speak again, on the same subject, at the same place, the ensuing week. This second attempt was accompanied by a second failure, still more painful to witness, and still more grievous to bear. He hastened from the vestry, and on retiring to his room, exclaimed, " If this does not humble "me, the devil must have me!
Página 145 - Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.