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Page 110
... failed to assert the truth of it with much vehemence . " Thus , " he adds , " have I been employed , when half - intoxicated , 1 in vindicating the truth of scripture , while in the very act of rebellion against its dictates ...
... failed to assert the truth of it with much vehemence . " Thus , " he adds , " have I been employed , when half - intoxicated , 1 in vindicating the truth of scripture , while in the very act of rebellion against its dictates ...
Page 118
... failed in his intention to bolt the door , he thrice attempted to hang himself with a garter . The third effort was nearly successful ; he hung long enough to lose consciousness before the garter broke again . On regaining sensibility ...
... failed in his intention to bolt the door , he thrice attempted to hang himself with a garter . The third effort was nearly successful ; he hung long enough to lose consciousness before the garter broke again . On regaining sensibility ...
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... failed in one of its prime objects if it has not already made that suggestion superfluous . Most of the letters of this period , ranging over a wide variety of topics , are cheerful , and often merry . But melancholy continues to break ...
... failed in one of its prime objects if it has not already made that suggestion superfluous . Most of the letters of this period , ranging over a wide variety of topics , are cheerful , and often merry . But melancholy continues to break ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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