Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 6
... thing than scientific reputation . This professional bias was aided by a 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 ...
... thing than scientific reputation . This professional bias was aided by a 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 ...
Pagina 8
... could only regret that , to a nature so energetic , and , in many respects , so ingenuous , the gospel was no- thing more than a cunning fable or a cabalistic formula . CHAPTER II . The Beginning of Better Days . HAVE 8 EARLY DAYS .
... could only regret that , to a nature so energetic , and , in many respects , so ingenuous , the gospel was no- thing more than a cunning fable or a cabalistic formula . CHAPTER II . The Beginning of Better Days . HAVE 8 EARLY DAYS .
Pagina 16
... 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 heavens were rent ; And through that chasm of pure celestial light , The future breaks ...
... 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 heavens were rent ; And through that chasm of pure celestial light , The future breaks ...
Pagina 18
... thing going on around me added greatly to my distress . The first faint glimmer of light that broke into my soul was when the name of Jesus was uttered . With the very thought of that name the hope of mercy was allied , and like a ...
... thing going on around me added greatly to my distress . The first faint glimmer of light that broke into my soul was when the name of Jesus was uttered . With the very thought of that name the hope of mercy was allied , and like a ...
Pagina 19
... things lasted for successive days , till my strength was nearly exhausted . Towards the close of the fourth day , and during the succeeding night , my eyes were upturned in their sockets ; I retained not the slightest power of voluntary ...
... things lasted for successive days , till my strength was nearly exhausted . Towards the close of the fourth day , and during the succeeding night , my eyes were upturned in their sockets ; I retained not the slightest power of voluntary ...
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