Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck ...: Containing The Young Christian's Guide ... : A Treatise on Religious Experience ... : Together with Anecdotes ... |
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Instances of intense Study , & c . Demosthenes's application to study was surprising . To be the more removed from noise , and less subject to distraction , he caused a small chamber to be made for him under ground , in which he shut ...
Instances of intense Study , & c . Demosthenes's application to study was surprising . To be the more removed from noise , and less subject to distraction , he caused a small chamber to be made for him under ground , in which he shut ...
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Though the above instances be somewhat singular , yet young persons should beware of procrastination , and not lose the present moment in expectation of improving the future . Very few are capable of making any proficiency under the ...
Though the above instances be somewhat singular , yet young persons should beware of procrastination , and not lose the present moment in expectation of improving the future . Very few are capable of making any proficiency under the ...
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Though superstition be generally the mark of a weak mind , such is the infirmity of human nature , that we find many instances of it among men of the most sublime genius and most enlightened minds Superstition . 21.
Though superstition be generally the mark of a weak mind , such is the infirmity of human nature , that we find many instances of it among men of the most sublime genius and most enlightened minds Superstition . 21.
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It is not , however , peculiar to the inferior circles of life , but prevails among the great and honourable , so called . Wise and suitable reproofs of this sin have however had a good effect , as the following instances shew ...
It is not , however , peculiar to the inferior circles of life , but prevails among the great and honourable , so called . Wise and suitable reproofs of this sin have however had a good effect , as the following instances shew ...
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INSTANCES OF GOOD TEMPERS , FORGIVENESS , & c . NOTHING is more congenial to christianity than a spirit of forgiveness . Jesus Christ constantly inculcated and exemplified it ; and his followers , in 28 Anecdotes .
INSTANCES OF GOOD TEMPERS , FORGIVENESS , & c . NOTHING is more congenial to christianity than a spirit of forgiveness . Jesus Christ constantly inculcated and exemplified it ; and his followers , in 28 Anecdotes .
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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.
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| Pealkiri | 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 |
| Autor | Charles Buck |
| Publisher | W.W. Woodward, 1808 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 18 mär. 2008 |
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