No Fiction: A Narrative, Founded on Recent and Interesting Facts, Volumen 1Francis Westley, 1820 |
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Página vii
... concern he has found , an attempt eagerly made , to connect the characters of the work with the names of particular individuals . This has proceeded so far , in some instances , that keys have been circulated with the book , professing ...
... concern he has found , an attempt eagerly made , to connect the characters of the work with the names of particular individuals . This has proceeded so far , in some instances , that keys have been circulated with the book , professing ...
Página viii
... concerned in the narrative , but from the importance of its lessons , and the truth of its delineations . The Author has not been neglectful of the voice of criticism , whether it has reached him through a more private or public medium ...
... concerned in the narrative , but from the importance of its lessons , and the truth of its delineations . The Author has not been neglectful of the voice of criticism , whether it has reached him through a more private or public medium ...
Página x
... in what they consist , would render them altogether unserviceable , as they are only adopted to veil the parties concerned from the eye of an unprofitable curiosity . Be it sufficient then to state , that , wherever they X PREFACE .
... in what they consist , would render them altogether unserviceable , as they are only adopted to veil the parties concerned from the eye of an unprofitable curiosity . Be it sufficient then to state , that , wherever they X PREFACE .
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... concern . Thomas , the sufferer , lay on the side of the bed nearest his mother , in a state of affliction that afforded little hope of his recovery . But , although re- duced in body , he seemed to possess a quickness of mind and a ...
... concern . Thomas , the sufferer , lay on the side of the bed nearest his mother , in a state of affliction that afforded little hope of his recovery . But , although re- duced in body , he seemed to possess a quickness of mind and a ...
Página 35
... concern was to see some- thing of the place so exalted in my imagi- nation . Accordingly , I spent three days in walking from street to street , and square to square , and gazing earnestly at every thing I saw . At length , I was ...
... concern was to see some- thing of the place so exalted in my imagi- nation . Accordingly , I spent three days in walking from street to street , and square to square , and gazing earnestly at every thing I saw . At length , I was ...
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Página 276 - I have been afflicted: before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now I have kept thy word.
Página 44 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 38 - D2 my mother—" Beware of the snares of London /" — sunk in my heart. I sighed — I thought I would beware in future — I kneeled down, and prayed to God to be my keeper. « " Must I tell you, my friend, how soon these impressions were removed, and my vows broken ! — that they were often renewed, and as often violated, with more carelessness of the consequences each time! — so that I know not what I might have been at this moment, but for a season of affliction.
Página 275 - light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory !
Página 218 - He looks for him from heaven, " to change his vile body, and fashion it like unto his own glorious body." He hopes that " this corruptible shall put on incorruption, this mortal shall put on immortality...
Página 90 - I will never leave thee nor forsake thee ; thy bread shall be given thee, and thy water shall be sure.
Página iii - For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions.
Página 5 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Página 66 - ... have shaped the landscape; it is certainly her cropping that has brought about the hourglass form of so many of the red thorn trees, which give a unique feature to the fields. Her fragrant breath is upon the air, her hoof-prints are upon the highway; she may not yet have attained to wisdom, yet surely all her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are paths of peace.
Página 91 - I will never leave thee, I will never forsake thee," may boldly say, will boldly say, " The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can do...