Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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Page 11
... spirit and meaning of the text . I was also occasionally summoned to attend upon the readings of long sermons and homilies of Baxter , as I believe , and others of his period ; neither by these was I edified , but , on the contrary , so ...
... spirit and meaning of the text . I was also occasionally summoned to attend upon the readings of long sermons and homilies of Baxter , as I believe , and others of his period ; neither by these was I edified , but , on the contrary , so ...
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... spirit and amenity of her humour . There hardly passed a day , in which she failed to devote a portion of her time to the reading of the Bible ; and her comments and expositions might have merited the attention of the wise and learned ...
... spirit and amenity of her humour . There hardly passed a day , in which she failed to devote a portion of her time to the reading of the Bible ; and her comments and expositions might have merited the attention of the wise and learned ...
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... spirit of his grandfather's benevolence had been transfused into his heart , and that he bore as perfect a resem- blance of him in goodness , as he did in person : in moral purity he was truly a Christian , in generosity and honour he ...
... spirit of his grandfather's benevolence had been transfused into his heart , and that he bore as perfect a resem- blance of him in goodness , as he did in person : in moral purity he was truly a Christian , in generosity and honour he ...
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... spirit of false prophecy , as to venture to say in a ral- lying kind of way- " Master , I will make your grandson as good a " scholar as yourself . " - To this Doctor Bentley in the like vein of raillery replied- " Pshaw , Arthur , how ...
... spirit of false prophecy , as to venture to say in a ral- lying kind of way- " Master , I will make your grandson as good a " scholar as yourself . " - To this Doctor Bentley in the like vein of raillery replied- " Pshaw , Arthur , how ...
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... spirit of emulation which had not yet awaked in my heart , was thoroughly roused ; but whilst I was thus resolving on a reform I fell ill , whether from agitation of mind , or from cause more natural I know not : I was , however , laid ...
... spirit of emulation which had not yet awaked in my heart , was thoroughly roused ; but whilst I was thus resolving on a reform I fell ill , whether from agitation of mind , or from cause more natural I know not : I was , however , laid ...
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