Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... strong determination amounted to obstinacy . He gave no indication of piety ; but in the transparency and truthfulness of his character might be perceived the germ of future excellence . For if little can be hoped from a childhood where ...
... strong determination amounted to obstinacy . He gave no indication of piety ; but in the transparency and truthfulness of his character might be perceived the germ of future excellence . For if little can be hoped from a childhood where ...
Pagina 5
... strong repugnance to medical studies , but in deference to a father's wishes , he not only selected medicine as his pursuit , but prose- cuted it so vigorously as to distance all his coevals . Gladly would we have recorded the converse ...
... strong repugnance to medical studies , but in deference to a father's wishes , he not only selected medicine as his pursuit , but prose- cuted it so vigorously as to distance all his coevals . Gladly would we have recorded the converse ...
Pagina 6
... strong turn for letters . Our friend delighted in books : he was constantly reading them , and sometimes dreamed of making them . And in a learned pursuit he doubt- less reckoned on a large amount of literary leisure . This is ...
... strong turn for letters . Our friend delighted in books : he was constantly reading them , and sometimes dreamed of making them . And in a learned pursuit he doubt- less reckoned on a large amount of literary leisure . This is ...
Pagina 16
... strong relief against the blazing sky Appears the shadow as it passes by . And though o'erwhelming to the dazzled brain , These are the moments when the mind is sane ; For then , a hope in heaven - the Saviour's cross , Seem what they ...
... strong relief against the blazing sky Appears the shadow as it passes by . And though o'erwhelming to the dazzled brain , These are the moments when the mind is sane ; For then , a hope in heaven - the Saviour's cross , Seem what they ...
Pagina 61
... strong and hopeful , they bore away down the Mersey . * * From Mr Ritchie's communication , already mentioned , we may give the following particulars of the last hour at Liverpool . Captain Gardiner had not yet reached the vessel ...
... strong and hopeful , they bore away down the Mersey . * * From Mr Ritchie's communication , already mentioned , we may give the following particulars of the last hour at Liverpool . Captain Gardiner had not yet reached the vessel ...
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