The Life of William Wilberforce, Band 4J. Murray, 1838 |
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66 My dear Abolition affectionately African Institution Archbishop Babington Bishop bless breakfast Buonaparte called cause Christian Committee dear friend dear Stephen Diary Dined Duke East India effect favourable fear feel French give Grenville Hayti hear heard heart Henry Thornton honour hope House of Commons James Stephen Kensington Gore kind late letter London Lord Bathurst Lord Castlereagh Lord Grenville Lord Liverpool Lord Sidmouth Lord Wellesley Macaulay Madame de Stael meeting mercy mind ministers moral morning motion Muncaster negociation ness never night parliament party peace Perceval poor prayer Prince principles question Registry Bill religion religious remember Roman Catholics Sandgate scarcely Slave Trade spirit spoke Stephen Esq Sunday sure talk Talleyrand tells thankful thing thought tion to-day told treaty trust West Indian Wilberforce Esq William Wilberforce wish writing wrote Yorkshire
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Seite 87 - ... meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Seite 267 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Seite 385 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Seite 257 - ... of the friendly heart from which it came. If I had written to you as often as I have thought of you, I can truly say you would have had no more frequent correspondent. But alas, my friend, think of my situation. Truly I may say with Falstaff, though I trust with some difference, (I feel however as if I were guilty of Falstaff's selfishness in making the remark,) Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
Seite 331 - The pages of his later journal are full of bursts of joy and thankfulness ; and with his children and his chosen friends, his full heart swelled out ever in the same blessed strains ; he seemed too happy not to express his happiness; his song was ever of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
Seite 386 - Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life...
Seite 95 - The truth is," he tells Mr. Hey, " and a dreadful truth it is, that the opinions of nine-tenths, or at least of a vast majority, of the House of Commons would be against any motion which the friends of religion might make...
Seite 317 - I was surprised to see how greatly Canning was affected ; at times he quite melted into tears.
Seite 117 - He spoke three hours, but nobody seemed fatigued: all, indeed, were pleased, some with the ingenious artifices of his manner, but most with the glowing language of his heart. Much as I differed from him in opinion, it was impossible not to be delighted with his...
Seite 159 - I have met with in this country ; I have always heard that he was the most religious, but I now find that he is the wittiest man in England.