A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with Biographical Sketches of the Authors and Selections from Their WorksParry & McMillan, 1859 - 784 Seiten |
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... mind , it may be mentioned that in his sophomore year he read Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding with such interest and delight as to declare that in the perusal of it he enjoyed a far higher pleasure " than the most greedy miser ...
... mind , it may be mentioned that in his sophomore year he read Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding with such interest and delight as to declare that in the perusal of it he enjoyed a far higher pleasure " than the most greedy miser ...
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... mind so sweet a sense of the glorious majesty and grace of God , as I knew not how to express . I seemed to see them both in a sweet con- junction ; majesty and meekness joined together . It was a sweet , and gentle , and holy majesty ...
... mind so sweet a sense of the glorious majesty and grace of God , as I knew not how to express . I seemed to see them both in a sweet con- junction ; majesty and meekness joined together . It was a sweet , and gentle , and holy majesty ...
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... minds of parents , than any thing which threatens the character or the comfort of their children . " The result was that ... mind , and continued to increase with such strength that , in 1749 , he disclosed to his church his change of ...
... minds of parents , than any thing which threatens the character or the comfort of their children . " The result was that ... mind , and continued to increase with such strength that , in 1749 , he disclosed to his church his change of ...
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... mind , and , gathering round him , he proceeded as follows : - 66 Friends , " said he , " the taxes are indeed very heavy , and , if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay , we might more easily discharge them ...
... mind , and , gathering round him , he proceeded as follows : - 66 Friends , " said he , " the taxes are indeed very heavy , and , if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay , we might more easily discharge them ...
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... mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of my money ; and they laughed at me so much for my folly , that I cried with vexation : and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure . This , however ...
... mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of my money ; and they laughed at me so much for my folly , that I cried with vexation : and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure . This , however ...
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