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... Protestant Missions in the Bengal Presidency 482 Rameses : an Egyptian Tale 857 Rhodes's Peak Scenery 88 Russell's Tour in Germany , & c . 227 Remains of the late Rev. Charles Wolfe 117 Sacred Poetry Schoolcraft's Travels in the Central ...
... Protestant Missions in the Bengal Presidency 482 Rameses : an Egyptian Tale 857 Rhodes's Peak Scenery 88 Russell's Tour in Germany , & c . 227 Remains of the late Rev. Charles Wolfe 117 Sacred Poetry Schoolcraft's Travels in the Central ...
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... Protestant , whether churchman or dissenter , by whom the privileges of Englishmen or the rights of conscience are held in veneration . It might appear scarcely credible , that British officers could have been placed in such a situation ...
... Protestant , whether churchman or dissenter , by whom the privileges of Englishmen or the rights of conscience are held in veneration . It might appear scarcely credible , that British officers could have been placed in such a situation ...
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... Protestant officers compelled to degrade themselves , their country , and their religion , in the eyes of Roman ... Protestants to adopt the line of conduct for which they were cashiered . Now , although we were well aware that this view ...
... Protestant officers compelled to degrade themselves , their country , and their religion , in the eyes of Roman ... Protestants to adopt the line of conduct for which they were cashiered . Now , although we were well aware that this view ...
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... Protestant soldiers to perform that which Papists consider a necessary part of the homage due to their saints ; and reflection confirmed the impossibility under which I found myself of reconciling such a course with my duties as a ...
... Protestant soldiers to perform that which Papists consider a necessary part of the homage due to their saints ; and reflection confirmed the impossibility under which I found myself of reconciling such a course with my duties as a ...
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with my duties as a Protestant . It appeared to me that , by com- pliance , I , as a Protestant and Christian , should give encouragement and sanction to practices which , in either character , I had been taught to abhor . The matter ...
with my duties as a Protestant . It appeared to me that , by com- pliance , I , as a Protestant and Christian , should give encouragement and sanction to practices which , in either character , I had been taught to abhor . The matter ...
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Page 174 - I forty stripes save one, thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfuluess, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness ; besides...
Page 553 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 346 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 116 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, "With his martial cloak around him.
Page 116 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Page 311 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise : and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses : and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 118 - twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; ' And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene- I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been...
Page 117 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say, What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! III.
Page 161 - For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 O LORD, how great are thy works ! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Page 8 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.