Narrative of the Life and Sufferings of a Young British Captive: William B. Lighton. (Minister of the Gospel.)The author, 1836 - 228 Seiten |
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... father pos- sessed a small , but fertile farm , from whence by honest industry , he obtained a comfortable sup- port for himself and family , consisting of a wife and five children , three sons and two daugh- ters . He possessed a sound ...
... father pos- sessed a small , but fertile farm , from whence by honest industry , he obtained a comfortable sup- port for himself and family , consisting of a wife and five children , three sons and two daugh- ters . He possessed a sound ...
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... father , and the mourn- ful aspect of these sorrowful scenes tended to depress his soul with grief and trouble the most keen and trying , though like Job he could sub- missively say the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away , blessed ...
... father , and the mourn- ful aspect of these sorrowful scenes tended to depress his soul with grief and trouble the most keen and trying , though like Job he could sub- missively say the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away , blessed ...
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... father , his bosom was severely wounded , and he lived but to mourn the loss he had experienced . It is felt by the children . They recoil from the cold attention of strangers , which , however kind it may be , never equals the warmth ...
... father , his bosom was severely wounded , and he lived but to mourn the loss he had experienced . It is felt by the children . They recoil from the cold attention of strangers , which , however kind it may be , never equals the warmth ...
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... father , being a man of information , and aware of the value of education , placed me un- der the tuition of Mr. Joshua Dent , a gentleman fitted both by learning , and judgment to super- intend the instruction of youth . From this in ...
... father , being a man of information , and aware of the value of education , placed me un- der the tuition of Mr. Joshua Dent , a gentleman fitted both by learning , and judgment to super- intend the instruction of youth . From this in ...
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... father's displeasure . The amuse- ments to which I allude were the robbing of gardens , and orchards , trapping game , and hunt- ing bird's nests , & c . To the latter of which I became so grosely addicted that I have fre- quently ...
... father's displeasure . The amuse- ments to which I allude were the robbing of gardens , and orchards , trapping game , and hunt- ing bird's nests , & c . To the latter of which I became so grosely addicted that I have fre- quently ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 168 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue ; And after death in distant worlds The glorious theme renew.
Seite 210 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Seite 1 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Seite 190 - I prov'd the labours of thy love, And the warm efforts of the gentle heart, Anxious to please.
Seite 224 - Most wondrous book ! bright candle of the Lord ! Star of eternity! the only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss Securely! only star which rose on Time, And, on its dark and troubled billows, still, As generation, drifting swiftly by, Succeeded generation, threw a ray Of heaven's own light, and to the hills of God, The eternal hills, pointed the sinner's eye.
Seite 221 - TEACH me, O Lord, to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom ; ever to remember my last end, that I may not dare to sin against thee.
Seite 224 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Seite 223 - Know'st thou the' importance of a soul immortal ? Behold this midnight glory : worlds on worlds ! Amazing pomp ; redouble this amaze ! Ten thousand add ; add twice ten thousand more ; Then weigh the whole ; one soul outweighs them all, And calls the' astonishing magnificence Of unintelligent creation poor.
Seite 220 - In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
Seite 210 - I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last? Or immortality endures. " A few months after I wrote my answer to my father's first letter, I received the following from him, which I beg leave to insert, as it breathes so much of the spirit of affection and love.* FramplonEng.