Memoir of Old Humphrey [pseud.]: With Gleanings from His Portfolio, in Prose and Verse |
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... young George Mogridge for one of his school - fellows was almost romantic . This youth was the son of a merchant , high - spirited , of good abilities , and very daring . They read toge- ther books of adventure , became heroes in many ...
... young George Mogridge for one of his school - fellows was almost romantic . This youth was the son of a merchant , high - spirited , of good abilities , and very daring . They read toge- ther books of adventure , became heroes in many ...
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... young Mogridge employed his brief intervals of leisure in writing both prose and verse . His first appearance in print was in a local newspaper ; the piece con- sisted of an address on the occasion of raising a statue to the memory of ...
... young Mogridge employed his brief intervals of leisure in writing both prose and verse . His first appearance in print was in a local newspaper ; the piece con- sisted of an address on the occasion of raising a statue to the memory of ...
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... young tradesman , to the public , as an overseer , guardian , and commissioner . His gene- rous feelings prompted him to give far too liberally- it may be said indeed improvidently - to every case which had the semblance of distress ...
... young tradesman , to the public , as an overseer , guardian , and commissioner . His gene- rous feelings prompted him to give far too liberally- it may be said indeed improvidently - to every case which had the semblance of distress ...
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... YOUNG FEMALE . She is gone to the land where the care - worn and weary Enjoy the sweet rapture of sacred repose ; She has quitted forever this wilderness dreary , And bid a long farewell to time and its woes . While on earth she was ...
... YOUNG FEMALE . She is gone to the land where the care - worn and weary Enjoy the sweet rapture of sacred repose ; She has quitted forever this wilderness dreary , And bid a long farewell to time and its woes . While on earth she was ...
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... young , and wouldst thou live In peace that God alone can give , Conquering every worldly lust ? Watch , and pray , and seek , and trust . Art thou old , and wouldst thou die A servant of the Lord on high ? Wouldst thou reign among the ...
... young , and wouldst thou live In peace that God alone can give , Conquering every worldly lust ? Watch , and pray , and seek , and trust . Art thou old , and wouldst thou die A servant of the Lord on high ? Wouldst thou reign among the ...
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Page 127 - I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Page 94 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 19 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 186 - When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thoughts supply ; Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No powers of darkness me molest.
Page 251 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 119 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise.
Page 97 - And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 153 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary : praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Page 176 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 118 - For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.