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Strona 35
... continued to gaze . Suddenly I heard the peculiar rustling that a large snake makes in passing through very dry grass . It was as distinct as if my ear were laid close to it . I looked . It was at my very feet . A long brown snake was ...
... continued to gaze . Suddenly I heard the peculiar rustling that a large snake makes in passing through very dry grass . It was as distinct as if my ear were laid close to it . I looked . It was at my very feet . A long brown snake was ...
Strona 44
... continued series of sufferings and dan- gers , some of which we now lay before our readers . In the year 1782 , he had been employed in conveying naval stores to sir Edward Hughes , when he was captured , with his vessel , by admiral ...
... continued series of sufferings and dan- gers , some of which we now lay before our readers . In the year 1782 , he had been employed in conveying naval stores to sir Edward Hughes , when he was captured , with his vessel , by admiral ...
Strona 65
... continued to be of so delicate and consumptive a frame , that with each succeeding birthday he expressed his surprise that his frail life should have continued for another year . This fact may have proved to him an additional stimulus ...
... continued to be of so delicate and consumptive a frame , that with each succeeding birthday he expressed his surprise that his frail life should have continued for another year . This fact may have proved to him an additional stimulus ...
Strona 68
... continued in the water he knew not how long ; for the next thing he could remember was his recovering from insensibility on the bank of the river . He must have been drifted there by the stream , and the hot summer sun must have acted ...
... continued in the water he knew not how long ; for the next thing he could remember was his recovering from insensibility on the bank of the river . He must have been drifted there by the stream , and the hot summer sun must have acted ...
Strona 74
... continued insensible to the kind and gracious Hand which had sustained him ; and he died , as is well known , with his mouth filled with alternate blasphemies and supplica- tions for mercy . CHAPTER II . FAITH AND PRAYER REWARDED BY ...
... continued insensible to the kind and gracious Hand which had sustained him ; and he died , as is well known , with his mouth filled with alternate blasphemies and supplica- tions for mercy . CHAPTER II . FAITH AND PRAYER REWARDED BY ...
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Strona 189 - Oh blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall?
Strona 157 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Strona 25 - Besides, another time, being in the field with one of my companions, it chanced that an adder passed over the highway ; so I, having a stick in...
Strona 75 - For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Strona 189 - Eternal Cause Prone for his favourites to reverse his laws? Shall burning .ZEtna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ? On air or sea new motions be impress'd, O blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres...
Strona 75 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Strona 74 - ... proper word, that the mark was put on when the door was open and flat against the wall, and thereby came on the inside when we shut it at night, and the destroying angel passed by it...
Strona 72 - There were but two foreigners in the convention, Anacharsis Cloots and myself. We were both put out of the convention by the same vote, arrested by the same order, and carried to. prison together the same night. He was taken to the guillotine, and I was again left. Joel Barlow was with us when we went to prison. Joseph...
Strona 153 - A clergyman had come to this city from a short distance in the country, and was sleeping at an inn, when he dreamed of seeing a fire, and one of his children in the midst of it. He awoke with the impression, and instantly left town on his return home. When he arrived within sight of his house, he found it on fire, and got there in time to assist in saving one of his children who, in the alarm and confusion, had been left in a situation of danger.
Strona 26 - I, with others, were drawn out to go to such a place to besiege it ; but when I was just ready to go, one of the company desired to go in my room : to which, when I had consented, he took my place; and coming to the siege, as he stood sentinel, he was shot in the head with a musket bullet, and died. Here, as I said, were judgments and mercy, but neither of them did awaken my soul to righteousness ; wherefore I sinned still, and grew more and more rebellious against God, and careless of my own salvation.