Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1804 |
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... called up for judgment .... His Address to the Judges .... Commitment to the King's Bench prison .... Brought up to the Court for sentence . Address from Mr. Justice Grose .... Sentence ... Generous testimony of attachment from his ...
... called up for judgment .... His Address to the Judges .... Commitment to the King's Bench prison .... Brought up to the Court for sentence . Address from Mr. Justice Grose .... Sentence ... Generous testimony of attachment from his ...
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... called an Unitarian Christian , re- jecting the sway of creeds and councils , of hierarchies and churches . " He was not con cerned in the difficult task of supporting the antiquated systems ' framed by fallible and erested men , or of ...
... called an Unitarian Christian , re- jecting the sway of creeds and councils , of hierarchies and churches . " He was not con cerned in the difficult task of supporting the antiquated systems ' framed by fallible and erested men , or of ...
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... apology among his papers : " Some have objected to my free commu- nications relative to Mr. Erskine , as injuring what is called the cause , and furnishing mate- rials of triumph to the adversary in the expo- , 40 LIFE OF.
... apology among his papers : " Some have objected to my free commu- nications relative to Mr. Erskine , as injuring what is called the cause , and furnishing mate- rials of triumph to the adversary in the expo- , 40 LIFE OF.
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... called the Mitre.In the wall of this room is a small recess , called Pope's Repository , in which he committed to paper many of those ideas that occasionally occurred in the formation of his poems . In this room was written the famous ...
... called the Mitre.In the wall of this room is a small recess , called Pope's Repository , in which he committed to paper many of those ideas that occasionally occurred in the formation of his poems . In this room was written the famous ...
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... called forth on the following occasion : " A In the beginning of 1796 appeared Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord , on the Attack made on him and his Pension in the House of Lords by the Duke of Bedford and ...
... called forth on the following occasion : " A In the beginning of 1796 appeared Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord , on the Attack made on him and his Pension in the House of Lords by the Duke of Bedford and ...
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Page 32 - So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 325 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 32 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
Page 448 - I have always suspected that the reading is right, which requires many words to prove it wrong ; and the emendation wrong, that cannot without so much labour appear to be right.
Page 439 - Yet conjectural criticism has been of great use in the learned world; nor is it my intention to depreciate a study, that has exercised so many mighty minds, from the revival of learning to our own age, from the bishop of Aleria to English Bentley.
Page 320 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 320 - Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil ; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul. For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame which is glory and grace.
Page 401 - I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 47 - But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 31 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amor, ites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.