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Knowledge for the time: a manual of reading, reference and conversation - Page 280
by John Timbs - 1864 - 294 pages
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SEVERAL HANDS - 1777 - 590 pages
...Pfalm improved infinitely on his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneafinefs but the laft ;• for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than thofe which have been fpent in thefe meditations on the fongs of Sion, he never expefts to fee in this...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 2; Volume 18

Books and bookselling - 1793 - 550 pages
...pfalm improved infinitely on his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him unea:finefs but the laft ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Hap-pier hours than tho'.e which have ;-been fpent in thefe meditations on the 5fongs of Sion, he never expefted to fee...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...Pfalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneafmefs but the laft ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than thofe which have been Ipent in thefe meditations on the fong» of Sion, he never expects to fee in...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 62, Part 1

Early English newspapers - 1792 - 650 pages
...Flalm impioved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it; and no one gave him uneafinefs, bur the laft ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than thofe which have been fpent in tln.it: meditations on the Songs of Sion, he never experts to fee in...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ...

Biography - 1798 - 482 pages
...pfalm improved infinitely on his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneafinefs but the laft ; for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than thofe which have been fpent in thefe meditations' on the fongs of Sion,.he never expected to/ee in,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...pfalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneafinefs but the laft : for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than thofe which have been fpent in thefe meditations on the fongs of Sion, he never expects to fee in this...
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The Works of Robt: Leighton ...

Robert Leighton - Theology - 1808 - 360 pages
...the silence of the night invited him to pursue it ; and he can truly say, that food and rest Avere not preferred before it. Every psalm improved infinitely...in these meditations on the songs of Sion, he never expected to see in this world. Very pleasantly did they pass, and move smoothly and swiftly along ;...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last : ftv then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hoursthan those which have been spent in those...
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The Arts and Sciences Abridged: With a Selection of Pieces, from Celebrated ...

Charles Peirce - Textbooks - 1811 - 266 pages
...can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. ?very psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last : for then he grieved that his woik was done. Happier hours than those which have been spent in these meditations on the songs of...
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The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 286 pages
...pfalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneafinefs but the ife : for then he grieved that his work was done. Happier hours than thofe which have been fpent in thefe meditations on the ibngs of Sion, he never experts to fee in this...
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