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... felt no inconsiderable diffidence in offering to the notice of the public a life of his son , till he found that many , who had no parental partialities , and who were , in every other respect , more . competent judges than himself ...
... felt no inconsiderable diffidence in offering to the notice of the public a life of his son , till he found that many , who had no parental partialities , and who were , in every other respect , more . competent judges than himself ...
Page viii
... felt that till he had ac complished this painfully pleasing task , he could not give to those official labours , in which his heart delighted , that undivided attention which he believes to be due to them . Besides this , he knew that ...
... felt that till he had ac complished this painfully pleasing task , he could not give to those official labours , in which his heart delighted , that undivided attention which he believes to be due to them . Besides this , he knew that ...
Page ix
... felt that it was dangerous to calculate on pro- tracted life ; and that what his " hand found to do , it should do with all its might . " This last consideration - amidst the awful solitude of his once cheerful abode has given to the ...
... felt that it was dangerous to calculate on pro- tracted life ; and that what his " hand found to do , it should do with all its might . " This last consideration - amidst the awful solitude of his once cheerful abode has given to the ...
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... felt most deeply the importance of the charge which Providence had devolved upon me . Not utterly a stranger to the state of human nature , to the waywardness of the heart , to the dangers which beset every part of the path of life ; I ...
... felt most deeply the importance of the charge which Providence had devolved upon me . Not utterly a stranger to the state of human nature , to the waywardness of the heart , to the dangers which beset every part of the path of life ; I ...
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... felt that , in consulting this , he was securing his own . These remarks may seem both trifling and unnecessary to those who have paid little or no attention to the philosophy of education ; and who conceive it to consist only in the ...
... felt that , in consulting this , he was securing his own . These remarks may seem both trifling and unnecessary to those who have paid little or no attention to the philosophy of education ; and who conceive it to consist only in the ...
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Page 87 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page v - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 8 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 61 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure.
Page 2 - The LORD gave and the LORD taketh away, and blessed be the name of the LORD.
Page 38 - God that his parents 37 had never departed from it. I am not sure that my agony, on hearing of his death, was much more intense than that which I then endured, from an apprehension of his guilt. Instantly, but without betraying my emotions, I asked him what he had said. He answered, at once, in so artless and unembarrassed a manner, as to convince me that he was unconscious of falsehood, — that there must have been some misconception in the case, and that my boy was yet innocent.
Page 38 - ... death, was much more intense than that which I then endured, from an apprehension of his guilt. Instantly, but without betraying my emotions, I asked him what he had said. He answered, at once, in so artless and unembarrassed a manner, as to convince me that he was unconscious of falsehood, — that there must have been some misconception in the case, and that my boy was yet innocent. I pursued the inquiry, and in a few moments found, to my inexpressible joy, that he was perfectly correct in...
Page 4 - Thou embryo-angel, or thou infant fiend, A being now begun, but ne'er to end, What boding fears a Father's heart torment, Trembling and anxious for the grand event, Lest thy young soul so late by...
Page 37 - I was thunderstruck and almost distracted ; for the information seemed to blast my most cherished hopes. This might, I thought, be the commencement of a series of evils for ever ruinous to our peace. I am not — I never was — naturally of a temper to augur the worst; but the first grand moral delinquency, even at such...
Page 156 - He will have it known, that though he uses instruments, he needs them not. It is a piece of divine royalty and magnificence, that when he hath prepared and polished such a utensil, so as to be capable of great service, he can lay it by without loss.