Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... feeling ; and very early he exhibited that ardent and affectionate disposition which distinguished him through life . But as he grew from infancy to boy- hood , there were frequent outbreaks of a passionate temper , and his strong ...
... feeling ; and very early he exhibited that ardent and affectionate disposition which distinguished him through life . But as he grew from infancy to boy- hood , there were frequent outbreaks of a passionate temper , and his strong ...
Pagina 5
... feeling has prompted . At such noble acts of self - conquest we shall not arrive till somewhat later in this narra- tive ; and , meanwhile , we must describe the subject of our biography as he was , and which is much the same as other ...
... feeling has prompted . At such noble acts of self - conquest we shall not arrive till somewhat later in this narra- tive ; and , meanwhile , we must describe the subject of our biography as he was , and which is much the same as other ...
Pagina 13
... feel that God himself was its Author . Mr Williams ' mind was marked by a certain fervid exuberance . However charming in personal intercourse , with a fluent pen this fulness of emo- tion is apt to produce redundant writing . For the ...
... feel that God himself was its Author . Mr Williams ' mind was marked by a certain fervid exuberance . However charming in personal intercourse , with a fluent pen this fulness of emo- tion is apt to produce redundant writing . For the ...
Pagina 15
... feel convinced that it was so ; but as to everlasting torments , -I viewed the doctrine as sacrilege and a defamation of the justice of God . The existence of a devil I believed no more than any other bugbear . " The only instances when ...
... feel convinced that it was so ; but as to everlasting torments , -I viewed the doctrine as sacrilege and a defamation of the justice of God . The existence of a devil I believed no more than any other bugbear . " The only instances when ...
Pagina 16
... feeling as though torrents of air were rushing into my brain , and the head were When things to come , without a shade of doubt , In terrible reality stand out . Those lucid moments suddenly present A glance of truth , as though the ...
... feeling as though torrents of air were rushing into my brain , and the head were When things to come , without a shade of doubt , In terrible reality stand out . Those lucid moments suddenly present A glance of truth , as though the ...
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