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Page xvi
... live to enjoy the ac- cession of emolument and fame which he expected it would bring . But the seeds of a mortal disease were lurking unper- ceived within him . On the 24th of December 1800 , he com- plained of a pain in his bowels ...
... live to enjoy the ac- cession of emolument and fame which he expected it would bring . But the seeds of a mortal disease were lurking unper- ceived within him . On the 24th of December 1800 , he com- plained of a pain in his bowels ...
Page 16
... live many years , and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness , for they shall be many . * Hence , to a thoughtful mind , no study can appear more important , than how to be suitably prepared for the misfortunes ...
... live many years , and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness , for they shall be many . * Hence , to a thoughtful mind , no study can appear more important , than how to be suitably prepared for the misfortunes ...
Page 32
... lives , that we may be qualified for deriving such consolations from religion . To their reality , and their importance , all mankind bear witness . For no sooner are they overtaken by distress , than to religion they fly . This ...
... lives , that we may be qualified for deriving such consolations from religion . To their reality , and their importance , all mankind bear witness . For no sooner are they overtaken by distress , than to religion they fly . This ...
Page 33
... live a most unquiet life . They pass their days in perpetual anxiety , listening to every motion ; startled by every alarm ; changing their measures on every new occurrence ; and when distress breaks in over all their defences , they ...
... live a most unquiet life . They pass their days in perpetual anxiety , listening to every motion ; startled by every alarm ; changing their measures on every new occurrence ; and when distress breaks in over all their defences , they ...
Page 52
... lives of pious men , when sequestered from worldly cares , and borne up on the wings of divine contemplation , they rise to a near and transporting view of immortal glory . But such efforts of the mind are rare , and cannot be long ...
... lives of pious men , when sequestered from worldly cares , and borne up on the wings of divine contemplation , they rise to a near and transporting view of immortal glory . But such efforts of the mind are rare , and cannot be long ...
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