Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 4
... seemed to distinguish him from the mass of common boyhood . This induced me to give special attention to him , and , as far as I was able , to bring out and direct his powers . There was a character about him , even then , which ...
... seemed to distinguish him from the mass of common boyhood . This induced me to give special attention to him , and , as far as I was able , to bring out and direct his powers . There was a character about him , even then , which ...
Pagina 17
... seemed without beginning or end . I felt as though immortal faculties , immortal relations , were beginning to be recognised . The thought began to stagger me , that the hand of death was grasping the cords of life . With the thought ...
... seemed without beginning or end . I felt as though immortal faculties , immortal relations , were beginning to be recognised . The thought began to stagger me , that the hand of death was grasping the cords of life . With the thought ...
Pagina 20
... seemed so sure . Then it was that a new order of feelings came over me . I had the most extraordi- nary sense of the bodily presence of the Power of Darkness standing by the side of my bed ; not that I imagined that I saw anything , but ...
... seemed so sure . Then it was that a new order of feelings came over me . I had the most extraordi- nary sense of the bodily presence of the Power of Darkness standing by the side of my bed ; not that I imagined that I saw anything , but ...
Pagina 22
... seemed to be sinking into corruption , and the mind itself seemed to have lost all power of joy or sorrow , hope or fear , a profound sleep closed my eyes . It lasted upwards of twelve hours , and , awaking as from a dream , there ...
... seemed to be sinking into corruption , and the mind itself seemed to have lost all power of joy or sorrow , hope or fear , a profound sleep closed my eyes . It lasted upwards of twelve hours , and , awaking as from a dream , there ...
Pagina 26
... seemed to tinge every object around me . The world was no longer the same world ; its people no longer the same beings . Myself and my fellows I no longer re- garded as creatures of a moment's duration , but I saw eternity impressed as ...
... seemed to tinge every object around me . The world was no longer the same world ; its people no longer the same beings . Myself and my fellows I no longer re- garded as creatures of a moment's duration , but I saw eternity impressed as ...
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