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... present world . " * The writer has found it difficult to satisfy him- self in making a selection from Essays and Poems , which would , altogether , fill several volumes , and which afford striking evidences of industry , if not of taste ...
... present world . " * The writer has found it difficult to satisfy him- self in making a selection from Essays and Poems , which would , altogether , fill several volumes , and which afford striking evidences of industry , if not of taste ...
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... present an eminent intellectual and christian character in a youth - with specimens , sufficient to justify the terms in which he had described it , -together with an account of the early education , and of the prin- ciples under which ...
... present an eminent intellectual and christian character in a youth - with specimens , sufficient to justify the terms in which he had described it , -together with an account of the early education , and of the prin- ciples under which ...
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... present by the agonies of anticipation ? It will be enough " - ( Alas ! I find it so ! ) " it will be enough to endure his actual death , without enduring the dread of meeting the evil at every turn of his passage though life . " Thus ...
... present by the agonies of anticipation ? It will be enough " - ( Alas ! I find it so ! ) " it will be enough to endure his actual death , without enduring the dread of meeting the evil at every turn of his passage though life . " Thus ...
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... present before the public a youth of no ordinary character , equally distinguished by the brilliancy of his mental powers , the sweetness of his temper , and the strength and steadiness of his christian principles : -and it is not ...
... present before the public a youth of no ordinary character , equally distinguished by the brilliancy of his mental powers , the sweetness of his temper , and the strength and steadiness of his christian principles : -and it is not ...
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... present religion before him in her own charming and attractive form . He never saw gloom in us ; and he soon learned that religion was at once the inspirer and the guardian of our happiness . A connection , of great importance to his ...
... present religion before him in her own charming and attractive form . He never saw gloom in us ; and he soon learned that religion was at once the inspirer and the guardian of our happiness . A connection , of great importance to his ...
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