The Life of Joseph Addison Alexander, Volume 1Scribner, 1870 - Clergy |
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... once be detected as typographical mis- takes , but others for which we equally repudiate the responsibility are more serious , or of such a nature as to baffle all curiosity as to their precise extent and origin . Under these ...
... once be detected as typographical mis- takes , but others for which we equally repudiate the responsibility are more serious , or of such a nature as to baffle all curiosity as to their precise extent and origin . Under these ...
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... once taken home by her and cor- rected for playing with a little girl in church - he never re- peated the offence . An old Bible lay in the pastor's pew , which the little urchins used to tear up and twist into " ear- ticklers , " which ...
... once taken home by her and cor- rected for playing with a little girl in church - he never re- peated the offence . An old Bible lay in the pastor's pew , which the little urchins used to tear up and twist into " ear- ticklers , " which ...
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... once chastised for solemnly pouring water on a little chair and uttering the formula of baptism . Once during the prevalence of a thunder - storm , he said to his brother or his nurse that it was " God talking , " and even undertook to ...
... once chastised for solemnly pouring water on a little chair and uttering the formula of baptism . Once during the prevalence of a thunder - storm , he said to his brother or his nurse that it was " God talking , " and even undertook to ...
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... once wrote a sermon , part of which was recovered and held in trust for him by one of his aunts . He went to school , while they lived in Fourth street , to a Mr. McCleese , who had nearly 100 pupils , and used the ferule in Lombard ...
... once wrote a sermon , part of which was recovered and held in trust for him by one of his aunts . He went to school , while they lived in Fourth street , to a Mr. McCleese , who had nearly 100 pupils , and used the ferule in Lombard ...
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... Once , indeed , he went with Martha Jones , a negro servant , to St. Thomas's African Episcopal Church ; where , and , as I believe , for the only time in his life , he saw the rite of confirmation solemnized by Bishop White . His ...
... Once , indeed , he went with Martha Jones , a negro servant , to St. Thomas's African Episcopal Church ; where , and , as I believe , for the only time in his life , he saw the rite of confirmation solemnized by Bishop White . His ...
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Page 89 - ... his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 12 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Page 136 - Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. Still as the sea, ere winds were taught to blow, Or moving spirit bade the waters flow; Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiv'n, And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n.
Page 311 - What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Page 311 - The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Page 223 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 311 - Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness
Page 311 - HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness : thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Page 8 - While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.