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There are some who have regularly attended a place of wor . ship for seven
years , twice a - day , 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 ...
There are some who have regularly attended a place of wor . ship for seven
years , twice a - day , 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 ...
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The Bishop of Massilon , in the first sermon he ever preached , found the whole
audience , upon his getting into the pulpit , in ' , a disposition no way favourable
to his intentions . Their nods , whispers , or drowsy behaviour , shewed him that ...
The Bishop of Massilon , in the first sermon he ever preached , found the whole
audience , upon his getting into the pulpit , in ' , a disposition no way favourable
to his intentions . Their nods , whispers , or drowsy behaviour , shewed him that ...
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Nocturnal studies ( says Dr . Knox , ) too long and too closely continued , seldom
fail to injure the eyes , and together with them the whole nervous system . They
who are impelled by ne . cessity to work by night and by day , must , indeed ...
Nocturnal studies ( says Dr . Knox , ) too long and too closely continued , seldom
fail to injure the eyes , and together with them the whole nervous system . They
who are impelled by ne . cessity to work by night and by day , must , indeed ...
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... any one besides , whom we have known , ever did : for there are some who
can assure us they had the account immediately from himself , — that he has
committed to memory not a few whole books , both of the Old Testament and the
New .
... any one besides , whom we have known , ever did : for there are some who
can assure us they had the account immediately from himself , — that he has
committed to memory not a few whole books , both of the Old Testament and the
New .
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... the operations of a whole campaign , with as much pretended accuracy as if
they had taken the field with the army , and accompanied every detachment
employed on different services during the whole contest . Such narratives ought
always ...
... the operations of a whole campaign , with as much pretended accuracy as if
they had taken the field with the army , and accompanied every detachment
employed on different services during the whole contest . Such narratives ought
always ...
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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.
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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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