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... and yet have not heard one whole sermon in all the time . These dreamers are
a constant distress to their preachers . In regard to their health , would any but a
stupid man choose such a place to sleep in ? In respect to their character , what ...
... and yet have not heard one whole sermon in all the time . These dreamers are
a constant distress to their preachers . In regard to their health , would any but a
stupid man choose such a place to sleep in ? In respect to their character , what ...
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As well in antient as in modern history , we every where meet with orators ;
nothing is more common than accounts of men who talked a great deal , and
talked well ; but the glorious character of a silent man has only , as it appears to
me , been ...
As well in antient as in modern history , we every where meet with orators ;
nothing is more common than accounts of men who talked a great deal , and
talked well ; but the glorious character of a silent man has only , as it appears to
me , been ...
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The following is a just delineation of such a character . “ Succus , " says a spirited
writer , “ will undertake no business that may hurry his spirits , or break in upon
his hours of eating and rest . If he read , it shall only be for half an hour , because
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The following is a just delineation of such a character . “ Succus , " says a spirited
writer , “ will undertake no business that may hurry his spirits , or break in upon
his hours of eating and rest . If he read , it shall only be for half an hour , because
...
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Such is the character of Succus ; a character , it is to be feared , which suits too
many of our modern gentlemen of pleasure . GRATITULE . “ EXAMPLES of
ingratitude , ” Mr . Paley observes , “ check and discourage voluntary beneficence
...
Such is the character of Succus ; a character , it is to be feared , which suits too
many of our modern gentlemen of pleasure . GRATITULE . “ EXAMPLES of
ingratitude , ” Mr . Paley observes , “ check and discourage voluntary beneficence
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The loud complaint , the querulous temper , and fretful spirit , disgrace every
character : we weaken thereby the sympathy of others , and estrange them from
the offices of kindness and comfort . But to maintain a steady and unbroken mind
...
The loud complaint , the querulous temper , and fretful spirit , disgrace every
character : we weaken thereby the sympathy of others , and estrange them from
the offices of kindness and comfort . But to maintain a steady and unbroken mind
...
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Page 311 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 104 - Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 214 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Page 72 - Westminster, while the court was sitting, and be whipped ; after whipping, be set upon the pillory a convenient time, and have one of his ears cut off, one side of his nose slit...
Page 204 - He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 312 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 148 - Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 26 - If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 117 - ... she hoped he would do nothing against his conscience, for fear of any danger or prejudice to him, or his family • and that she would be contented to suffer want or any misery with him, rather than be an occasion for him to do, or say any thing against his judgment and conscience.
Page 213 - ... there are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude of chimneys lately erected ; whereas, in their young days, there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm...
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| Title | Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes ... 3. köide of Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes, Charles Buck |
| Author | Charles Buck |
| Publisher | W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 18 mär. 2008 |
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