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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... called out to Lord Lauderdale three times . His lordship standing up , " My lord , " says South , with great compo sure , " I am sorry to interrupt your repose , but I must beg of you that you will not snore quite so loud , lest you ...
... called out to Lord Lauderdale three times . His lordship standing up , " My lord , " says South , with great compo sure , " I am sorry to interrupt your repose , but I must beg of you that you will not snore quite so loud , lest you ...
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... called those who opposed the belief of witchcraft by the name of Atheists . SWEARING , PROFANITY , & c . THERE is something so low , vulgar , and wicked , in swearing , that it is surprising that men who wish to be considered as wise ...
... called those who opposed the belief of witchcraft by the name of Atheists . SWEARING , PROFANITY , & c . THERE is something so low , vulgar , and wicked , in swearing , that it is surprising that men who wish to be considered as wise ...
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... called Diamond . Being one evening called out of his study into the next room , Diamond was left behind . When Sir Isaac returned , having been absent but a few minutes , he had the morti- fication to find that Diamond had overset a ...
... called Diamond . Being one evening called out of his study into the next room , Diamond was left behind . When Sir Isaac returned , having been absent but a few minutes , he had the morti- fication to find that Diamond had overset a ...
Page 32
... called to his servant for his cloak . The servant not bringing it im- mediately , he called for it again . The servant , being embarrassed with the straps and buckles , did not come up to him . At last , it raining very hard , the duke ...
... called to his servant for his cloak . The servant not bringing it im- mediately , he called for it again . The servant , being embarrassed with the straps and buckles , did not come up to him . At last , it raining very hard , the duke ...
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... - ed , with unyielding sturdiness , to keep his own line , it is impossible but he must both give and receive many a rude shock . " TEMPERANCE . TEMPERANCE has been called the best physic . Good Tempers , Forgiveness , & c . 33.
... - ed , with unyielding sturdiness , to keep his own line , it is impossible but he must both give and receive many a rude shock . " TEMPERANCE . TEMPERANCE has been called the best physic . Good Tempers , Forgiveness , & c . 33.
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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...