Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes ...W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
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... minds are absorbed in diligent and laborious study . And , indeed , to have no taste for intellectual pleasures ... mind , ameliorate the disposition , and promote the best interests of man- kind . Instances of intense Study , & c ...
... minds are absorbed in diligent and laborious study . And , indeed , to have no taste for intellectual pleasures ... mind , ameliorate the disposition , and promote the best interests of man- kind . Instances of intense Study , & c ...
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... mind , would never quit the subject on any account . Dinner has been often three hours ready for him before he could be brought to table . His man of . ten said , when he has been getting up of a mor- ning , he has sometimes begun to ...
... mind , would never quit the subject on any account . Dinner has been often three hours ready for him before he could be brought to table . His man of . ten said , when he has been getting up of a mor- ning , he has sometimes begun to ...
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... mind , than when it was interrupted by external objects . And Malebranche used to meditate with his windows shut , as the light was a disturbance to him . Mezerai , the famous historian , used to study and write by candle light , even ...
... mind , than when it was interrupted by external objects . And Malebranche used to meditate with his windows shut , as the light was a disturbance to him . Mezerai , the famous historian , used to study and write by candle light , even ...
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... mind , inform his judgment , or improve his powers . He must read , think , remember , compare , consult , and di- gest , in order to be wise and useful . In respect to study , there are some necessary precautions to be attended to ...
... mind , inform his judgment , or improve his powers . He must read , think , remember , compare , consult , and di- gest , in order to be wise and useful . In respect to study , there are some necessary precautions to be attended to ...
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... - dent pay some attention to health . I know how it is when the mind is in pursuit of some favour- ite intellectual object , and how difficult it is for the student who loves his study better than his life 16 Anecdotes .
... - dent pay some attention to health . I know how it is when the mind is in pursuit of some favour- ite intellectual object , and how difficult it is for the student who loves his study better than his life 16 Anecdotes .
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Page 313 - 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 106 - Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 216 - ... 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 74 - 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 206 - 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 314 - 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 150 - 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 119 - ... 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 215 - ... 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...