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" ... and used to meet with them to pray together. I experienced I know not what kind of delight in religion. My mind was much engaged in it, and had much self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my schoolmates... "
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge - Page 296
1838
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The English Language in America, 1. köide

George Philip Krapp - 1925 - 412 lehte
...Edwards, in his Personal Narrative, Life, by Dwight, p. 59, says that he, with some of his schoolmates, "joined together and built a booth in a swamp, in a very retired spot for a place of prayer." As Edwards was a native of Connecticut, near Hartford, his use of swamp in this passage to mean a place...
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American Literature

Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my schoolmates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in...by myself; and was from time to time much affected. My affections seemed to be lively and easily moved, and I seemed to be in my element when engaged in...
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New World Metaphysics: Readings on the Religious Meaning of the American ...

Giles Gunn - 1981 - 489 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I, with some of my school-mates, joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in...by myself; and was from time to time much affected. My affections seemed to be lively and easily moved, and I seemed to be in my element, when engaged...
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American Colonial Prose: John Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Mary Ann Radzinowicz - 1984 - 300 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my school-mates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in...by myself; and was from time to time much affected. My affections seemed to be lively and easily moved, and I seemed to be in my element when engaged in...
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The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle: Who Came from Old to New ...

George Frederick Tuttle - 1883 - 412 lehte
...to spend much time in religious conversation with other boys. * * * I with some of my school fellows joined together and built a booth in a swamp, in a...myself, and was from time to time much affected." At thirteen years of age he entered Yale College, far advanced in general and classical learning, and...
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Early American Writing

Various - 1994 - 676 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I, with some of my school-mates, joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in...by myself; and was from time to time much affected. My affections seemed to be lively and easily moved, and I seemed to be in my element, when engaged...
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Singleness of Heart: Restoring the Divided Soul

Clifford Williams - 1994 - 160 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my schoolmates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in...retired spot, for a place of prayer. And besides, 1 had particular secret places of my own in the woods, where I used to retire by myself; and was from...
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American Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts

Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 428 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my schoolmates joined together and built a booth in a swamp, in a...by myself and was from time to time much affected. My affections seemed to be liveK and easily moved, and I seemed to be in my element when engaged in...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 lehte
...of my schoolmates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in a very secret and retired place, for a place of prayer. And besides, I had particular...in the woods, where I used to retire by myself; and used to be from time to time much affected. My affections seemed to be lively and easily moved, and...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1146 lehte
...self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I, with some of my schoolmates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in a very secret and retired place, for a place of prayer. And besides, I had particular secret places of my...
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