Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late Rev. W. Wood, F.L.S., and Minister of the Protestant Dissenting Chapel at Mill-Hill, in Leeds: To which are Subjoined, an Address, Delivered at His Interment, on Tuesday, April 5; and a Sermon, on Occasion of His Death, Preached on Sunday, April 10, 1808J. Johnson, 1809 - 197 pages |
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... tion was made on their part to induce him to continue with them . In an address to him upon this occasion , which deserves to be cited , as it contains so honourable a testimony to his judgment , and to that conciliating temper by which ...
... tion was made on their part to induce him to continue with them . In an address to him upon this occasion , which deserves to be cited , as it contains so honourable a testimony to his judgment , and to that conciliating temper by which ...
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... tion was honourable and advantageous , and opened a wide field for usefulness . But some circumstances which have not come fully to the knowledge of the writer , caused him long to hesitate , and although he was at length induced to ...
... tion was honourable and advantageous , and opened a wide field for usefulness . But some circumstances which have not come fully to the knowledge of the writer , caused him long to hesitate , and although he was at length induced to ...
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... ( which is still continued by two of his grandsons ) , was one of the oldest and most respectable in that town . Being possessed of excellent abilities , and much general informa- tion , he had great influence , and was ever 20.
... ( which is still continued by two of his grandsons ) , was one of the oldest and most respectable in that town . Being possessed of excellent abilities , and much general informa- tion , he had great influence , and was ever 20.
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... tion , he had great influence , and was ever regarded by his neighbours as a leading man . In religion he was a steady dissenter , and in politics a whig of the old school . In this con- nection , which lasted six and twenty years , Mr ...
... tion , he had great influence , and was ever regarded by his neighbours as a leading man . In religion he was a steady dissenter , and in politics a whig of the old school . In this con- nection , which lasted six and twenty years , Mr ...
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... tion : and the deficiency of natural religion upon a topic so intimately connected with the dignity and happiness of the human species , naturally led him to examine the evidence of revelation , from which alone any certain know- Jedge ...
... tion : and the deficiency of natural religion upon a topic so intimately connected with the dignity and happiness of the human species , naturally led him to examine the evidence of revelation , from which alone any certain know- Jedge ...
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Page 2 - There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.
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