Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and EntertainingJ. C. Riker, 1831 - Anecdotes |
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... tell by what means he had accustomed himself to rise early . " In my youth , " says he , " I was very fond of sleep ; it robbed me of a great deal of my time ; but my poor Joseph ( his domestic servant ) was of great service in enabling ...
... tell by what means he had accustomed himself to rise early . " In my youth , " says he , " I was very fond of sleep ; it robbed me of a great deal of my time ; but my poor Joseph ( his domestic servant ) was of great service in enabling ...
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... telling him that " morning and evening prayers were offered in the family , and that he hoped it would not be any objection to him , " he replied , " No , Sir ; but I hope you will con- sider it in my wages . " Lewis IX . actually ...
... telling him that " morning and evening prayers were offered in the family , and that he hoped it would not be any objection to him , " he replied , " No , Sir ; but I hope you will con- sider it in my wages . " Lewis IX . actually ...
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... tell me , if he were melan- " Pray of what did your brother choly , ( which he suspected himself die ? " said the Marquis Spinola , one of , ) what was the true cause of it ; day , to Sir Horace Vere . " He died , that he had somewhat ...
... tell me , if he were melan- " Pray of what did your brother choly , ( which he suspected himself die ? " said the Marquis Spinola , one of , ) what was the true cause of it ; day , to Sir Horace Vere . " He died , that he had somewhat ...
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... tell a lie for me , have I not reason to apprehend that he will tell many more for himself ? " According to Justice Colquhoun's calculation , " There are in London about 502 places of worship : One cathedral , one abbey , 114 churches ...
... tell a lie for me , have I not reason to apprehend that he will tell many more for himself ? " According to Justice Colquhoun's calculation , " There are in London about 502 places of worship : One cathedral , one abbey , 114 churches ...
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... tell the contents of it with as much exactness as if he had measur- ed it by the chain . In this manner he measured the whole lordship of Elmeton , of some thousands of acres , belonging to Sir John Rhodes , and brought him the contents ...
... tell the contents of it with as much exactness as if he had measur- ed it by the chain . In this manner he measured the whole lordship of Elmeton , of some thousands of acres , belonging to Sir John Rhodes , and brought him the contents ...
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Page 38 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 38 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 26 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 66 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 11 - His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt, more or less, in every country ; I hope he will anticipate his final reward, by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own.
Page 67 - And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Page 180 - He was once a man, and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest; for by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very thinking substance has for more than seven years been continually wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly come to nothing.
Page 187 - He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 71 - Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace .all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen...
Page 98 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.