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... society . He was educated with a view to his becoming a Dissenting Minister ; but never thought proper to take that office upon him ; but becoming a member of the Church of England , commenced School - master and Parish - clerk . The ...
... society . He was educated with a view to his becoming a Dissenting Minister ; but never thought proper to take that office upon him ; but becoming a member of the Church of England , commenced School - master and Parish - clerk . The ...
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... society he proposes soon to abandon for that of possessing his attachments , together with the ungenerous passions excited among a multitude of competi tors , contending for no other object than interest , more fre quently give birth to ...
... society he proposes soon to abandon for that of possessing his attachments , together with the ungenerous passions excited among a multitude of competi tors , contending for no other object than interest , more fre quently give birth to ...
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... Society from its commencement : " SIR , Windsor , Sept. 18 , 1787 . " I last night received the favour of your letter , acquainting me with the honour done me by my being chosen a Vice - Presi- dent of the Humane Society , which owes so ...
... Society from its commencement : " SIR , Windsor , Sept. 18 , 1787 . " I last night received the favour of your letter , acquainting me with the honour done me by my being chosen a Vice - Presi- dent of the Humane Society , which owes so ...
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... Society in that County ; and at the Parish Church of Carshalton , in Surrey , for the Benefit of the Royal Humane Society , Oct. 25 , 1789. " " The Sin of Wastefulness ; a Sermon preached at the Parish Church of St. Vedast , Foster ...
... Society in that County ; and at the Parish Church of Carshalton , in Surrey , for the Benefit of the Royal Humane Society , Oct. 25 , 1789. " " The Sin of Wastefulness ; a Sermon preached at the Parish Church of St. Vedast , Foster ...
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... Society of Arts , and by their Secretary to Dr. Lettsom and other Members , were fairly tried by that benevolent Physician ; who calculated , from the produce of his garden , " that a square yard of ground , planted with the Mangel ...
... Society of Arts , and by their Secretary to Dr. Lettsom and other Members , were fairly tried by that benevolent Physician ; who calculated , from the produce of his garden , " that a square yard of ground , planted with the Mangel ...
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Página 741 - Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Página 518 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called " A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 8vo.
Página 115 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Página 39 - God has made of one blood all the nations of men to dwell on the face of the...
Página 240 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.
Página 641 - How poor, neglected Desaguliers fell! How he who taught two gracious kings to view All Boyle ennobled and all Bacon knew. Died in a cell, without a friend to save, Without a guinea, and without a grave.
Página 340 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Página 400 - Nature, which I was at that time composing, this argument immediately occurred to me, and I thought it very much gravelled my companion ; but at last he observed to me, that it was impossible for that argument to have any solidity, because it operated equally against the Gospel as the Catholic miracles ; — which observation I thought proper to admit as a sufficient answer.
Página 516 - But these sallies of religious frenzy must not extinguish the praise which is due to Mr. William Law as a wit and a scholar. His argument on topics of less absurdity is specious and acute, his manner is lively, his style forcible and clear ; and, had not his vigorous mind been clouded by enthusiasm, he might be ranked with the most agreeable and ingenious writers of the times.
Página 55 - Remarks on the Letters of an American Farmer; or, a Detection of the Errors of Mr. J. Hector St. John, pointing out the pernicious tendency of those Letters to Great Britain,