Memoirs of William Stevens, esq. [by sir J.A. Park.]. |
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... young persons naturally feel : but of whom many are deterred from the pursuits of piety and goodness , because they have been falsely taught that a life of virtue is not consistent with cheerful- ness , and that the pursuits of religion ...
... young persons naturally feel : but of whom many are deterred from the pursuits of piety and goodness , because they have been falsely taught that a life of virtue is not consistent with cheerful- ness , and that the pursuits of religion ...
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sir James Allan Park. wit , made the young and the gay delight in his society to the last week of his life ; because his whole life and conversation proved that in him true and undefiled religion , undebased by superstition on the one ...
sir James Allan Park. wit , made the young and the gay delight in his society to the last week of his life ; because his whole life and conversation proved that in him true and undefiled religion , undebased by superstition on the one ...
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... young friend then at Oxford , now a barrister , dated Feb. 1789 , he says , " It is some " time ago since I learnt French , about forty years , ' ( this carries us back to the year 1749 , when Mr. " " Stevens was only seventeen , and an ...
... young friend then at Oxford , now a barrister , dated Feb. 1789 , he says , " It is some " time ago since I learnt French , about forty years , ' ( this carries us back to the year 1749 , when Mr. " " Stevens was only seventeen , and an ...
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... young patient was no less desirous of attaining , and which he afterwards lived to attain . Dr. Randolph died in the year 1765 ; but Mr. Stevens appears to have transferred all the affectionate friendship he enter- tained for the father ...
... young patient was no less desirous of attaining , and which he afterwards lived to attain . Dr. Randolph died in the year 1765 ; but Mr. Stevens appears to have transferred all the affectionate friendship he enter- tained for the father ...
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... young men into those paths , from having walked in which he was himself deriving comfort and consolation , in those trying hours of sickness , which left it doubtful whether his then flattering prospects of worldly prosperity might not ...
... young men into those paths , from having walked in which he was himself deriving comfort and consolation , in those trying hours of sickness , which left it doubtful whether his then flattering prospects of worldly prosperity might not ...
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