EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATE FREDERIC JAMES POST, OF ISLINGSTON. |
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... natural flow of thought and action , all the lovely tints and traits ex- hibited , without perceiving some of the shades which go to complete the faithful likeness . It is not intended to imply that these youthful memoranda possess much ...
... natural flow of thought and action , all the lovely tints and traits ex- hibited , without perceiving some of the shades which go to complete the faithful likeness . It is not intended to imply that these youthful memoranda possess much ...
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... natural understanding of no ordinary standard , yet withal , and above all , breathing throughout a spirit of piety , and a desire for the attain- ment of heavenly wisdom , with a fixedness of purpose , not usually found or expected in ...
... natural understanding of no ordinary standard , yet withal , and above all , breathing throughout a spirit of piety , and a desire for the attain- ment of heavenly wisdom , with a fixedness of purpose , not usually found or expected in ...
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... nature , and the deep sense he entertained of the infinite purity of that Holy Being to whom , above all things , he desired to be united , it is no marvel , that he should sometimes be tried with fears and doubts as to his final ...
... nature , and the deep sense he entertained of the infinite purity of that Holy Being to whom , above all things , he desired to be united , it is no marvel , that he should sometimes be tried with fears and doubts as to his final ...
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... natural exercise of those talents with which he was gifted . To have checked this predilection for study , would not have ... Nature never designed it to flow . ― Notwithstanding these conjectures , it is ac- knowledged that PREFACE . xix.
... natural exercise of those talents with which he was gifted . To have checked this predilection for study , would not have ... Nature never designed it to flow . ― Notwithstanding these conjectures , it is ac- knowledged that PREFACE . xix.
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... nature took place ; symptoms of pulmonary disease not long afterwards appeared , and a rapid decline ensued , which terminated his short but inter- esting life on the 20th of 6th month , 1835 . Although far from being a robust child ...
... nature took place ; symptoms of pulmonary disease not long afterwards appeared , and a rapid decline ensued , which terminated his short but inter- esting life on the 20th of 6th month , 1835 . Although far from being a robust child ...
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Page 143 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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Page 186 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
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