Nautical Essays, Or, A Spiritual View of the Ocean and Maritime Affairs: With Reflections on the Battle of Trafalgar and Other Events |
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... expectations of the new - launched vessel ; much more so are the builders and the owner , and be who is to conduct and command her at sea . While she is sliding down the slips into her new element , a bottle of choice wine is thrown at ...
... expectations of the new - launched vessel ; much more so are the builders and the owner , and be who is to conduct and command her at sea . While she is sliding down the slips into her new element , a bottle of choice wine is thrown at ...
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... expectations are often formed of them by their fond parents , and partial , infatuated friends ! Disregarding the sober voice of experience , and the instructions of Scripture , they figure to themselves nothing but a long train of ...
... expectations are often formed of them by their fond parents , and partial , infatuated friends ! Disregarding the sober voice of experience , and the instructions of Scripture , they figure to themselves nothing but a long train of ...
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... expectations receives a name expressive of what the parents are fondly dream- ing ; and mirth , and music , and banquetting , and tumultuous joy , make up the festive scene . There are others , however , who may sincerely wish every ...
... expectations receives a name expressive of what the parents are fondly dream- ing ; and mirth , and music , and banquetting , and tumultuous joy , make up the festive scene . There are others , however , who may sincerely wish every ...
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... expectation every day beguil'd , Dupe of to - morrow even from a child . ” A part of this dissatisfaction was , undoubtedly , the natural effect and fruit of a carnal heart ; and some of it was , I believe , the effects of that gracious ...
... expectation every day beguil'd , Dupe of to - morrow even from a child . ” A part of this dissatisfaction was , undoubtedly , the natural effect and fruit of a carnal heart ; and some of it was , I believe , the effects of that gracious ...
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... expectations , and , of course , greatly increased his wealth . He now built a fine house , kept several ser- vants , and fared sumptuously every day . But while things were going on in this prosperous way , as the world terms it ...
... expectations , and , of course , greatly increased his wealth . He now built a fine house , kept several ser- vants , and fared sumptuously every day . But while things were going on in this prosperous way , as the world terms it ...
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Page 175 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet.
Page 30 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 11 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 12 - Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Page 126 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 22 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below?
Page 43 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 11 - When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm unseen convey'd me safe, And led me up to man.
Page 96 - Lord, and in the power of his might ; to put on the whole armour of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.