Memorials from journals and letters of Samuel Clark, ed. by his wife [E.J.H. Clark].Macmillan and Company, 1878 - 337 pages |
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... character . Believing that selections from these MSS . will be of some interest to the friends who knew him in mature life , and that the history of his early struggles may be of use to those who are in similar difficulties , I venture ...
... character . Believing that selections from these MSS . will be of some interest to the friends who knew him in mature life , and that the history of his early struggles may be of use to those who are in similar difficulties , I venture ...
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... character . one could read a play with him without acquiring an entirely new idea of what reading an author means . In those days English literature did not form so im- portant a part of school and college education as it has since ...
... character . one could read a play with him without acquiring an entirely new idea of what reading an author means . In those days English literature did not form so im- portant a part of school and college education as it has since ...
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... giving a simple opinion of a lesson . He would point out not merely its defects and excellences , but the causes to which these characters were referable , thereby rendering us a far greater service than if he had c 2.
... giving a simple opinion of a lesson . He would point out not merely its defects and excellences , but the causes to which these characters were referable , thereby rendering us a far greater service than if he had c 2.
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... character of his discipline . We had no impositions , no fines , no gating . The severest punishment inflicted on us , with the exception of actual expulsion , which he rarely resorted to , was a private reproof from him in his library ...
... character of his discipline . We had no impositions , no fines , no gating . The severest punishment inflicted on us , with the exception of actual expulsion , which he rarely resorted to , was a private reproof from him in his library ...
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... character strikingly shone forth . There he was always cheerful , courteous , and considerate of the feelings of others , including his domestic servants , who were all devotedly attached to him . One of his maxims was : ' He is the ...
... character strikingly shone forth . There he was always cheerful , courteous , and considerate of the feelings of others , including his domestic servants , who were all devotedly attached to him . One of his maxims was : ' He is the ...
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Page 138 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The child is father of the man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 91 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Page 72 - For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 90 - Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him; but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Page 243 - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Page 47 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 97 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 97 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 91 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 318 - God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.