Some remarkable passages in the life of ... col. James Gardiner. With an appendix1802 |
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... gave him a fup of fome fpirituous liquor which happened to be at hand ; by which , he said , he found a more fenfible refreshment than he could remember from any thing he had tafted either before or fince . Then fignifying to the Friar ...
... gave him a fup of fome fpirituous liquor which happened to be at hand ; by which , he said , he found a more fenfible refreshment than he could remember from any thing he had tafted either before or fince . Then fignifying to the Friar ...
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... gave him his fign manual to the firft Major- ity that should become vacant in any regiment of horfe or dragoons , which happened about five years after to be in Croft's regiment of dra- goons , in which he received a commiffion , dat ...
... gave him his fign manual to the firft Major- ity that should become vacant in any regiment of horfe or dragoons , which happened about five years after to be in Croft's regiment of dra- goons , in which he received a commiffion , dat ...
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... gave no inconfiderable proof of the dependence which he had upon him , when in the beginning of the year 1715 , he entrusted him with the important dispatches relating to a discovery , which , by a series of admirable poli . cy , he had ...
... gave no inconfiderable proof of the dependence which he had upon him , when in the beginning of the year 1715 , he entrusted him with the important dispatches relating to a discovery , which , by a series of admirable poli . cy , he had ...
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... gave occafion for fome humorous people to fay , that old Lewis , after all , was killed by a Briton . But if this flory be true , ( which I think there can be no room to doubt , as the Co- lonel , from whom I have often heard it ...
... gave occafion for fome humorous people to fay , that old Lewis , after all , was killed by a Briton . But if this flory be true , ( which I think there can be no room to doubt , as the Co- lonel , from whom I have often heard it ...
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... gave him great opportunities of indulging himself in thefe exceffes ; and his good fpirits enabled him to , purfue his pleafures in fo alert and fprightly a manner , that multitudes envied him , and call- ed him , by a dreadful kind of ...
... gave him great opportunities of indulging himself in thefe exceffes ; and his good fpirits enabled him to , purfue his pleafures in fo alert and fprightly a manner , that multitudes envied him , and call- ed him , by a dreadful kind of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 86 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Seite 82 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost.
Seite 181 - He comes, the prisoners to release In Satan's bondage held ; The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield...
Seite 182 - Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, And sheds its fragrance there ; The noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. 5 I'll speak the honors of Thy name With my last laboring breath ; Then, speechless, clasp Thee in mine arms, The antidote of death.
Seite 180 - HARK! the glad sound! the Saviour comes! The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.
Seite 40 - ... other way. But it very accidentally happened, that he took up a religious book, which his good mother or aunt had, without his knowledge, slipped into his portmanteau. It was called, if I remember the title exactly, The Christian Soldier, or Heaven taken by Storm, and it was written by Mr Thomas Watson.
Seite 197 - Fire on, my lads, and fear nothing." But just as the words were out of his mouth, a Highlander advanced towards him with a scythe fastened to a long pole, with which he gave him...
Seite 97 - Thy all-quickening light Dispels the sloth and clouds of night. Lord, lest the tempter me surprise, Watch over Thine own sacrifice ! All loose, all idle thoughts cast out, And make my very dreams devout...
Seite 40 - Sabbath) in some gay company, and had an unhappy assignation with a married woman, whom he was to attend exactly at twelve. The company broke up about eleven; and not judging it convenient to anticipate the time appointed, he went into his chamber to kill the tedious hour, perhaps with some amusing book, or some other way.
Seite 181 - He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure : And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor.