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May he enable you not merely to begin , but to end well ; that having overcome
through the Spirit of faith , you may inherit all those royal promises , the fulfilment
of which , if completed in heaven , commences here below . One thing is certain ...
May he enable you not merely to begin , but to end well ; that having overcome
through the Spirit of faith , you may inherit all those royal promises , the fulfilment
of which , if completed in heaven , commences here below . One thing is certain ...
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Books you would merely like to read , set aside for some time , and content
yourself at present with those which are emphatically desirable ; those which may
be termed foundation reading . In saying this I do not mean to exclude poetry , for
I ...
Books you would merely like to read , set aside for some time , and content
yourself at present with those which are emphatically desirable ; those which may
be termed foundation reading . In saying this I do not mean to exclude poetry , for
I ...
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... this longing after pre - eminence , and dependence upon opinion , they are , as
principles of action , founded in meanness and weakness . I will not now examine
them in a religious point of view , I will merely analyse - them LETTER XVII. ...
... this longing after pre - eminence , and dependence upon opinion , they are , as
principles of action , founded in meanness and weakness . I will not now examine
them in a religious point of view , I will merely analyse - them LETTER XVII. ...
Sida 194
I admit , you have a resource in your excellent abilities and taste for mental
cultivation ; but so long as your present feelings continue , and you consider them
merely available to ambitious purposes , you will derive more disappointment
than ...
I admit , you have a resource in your excellent abilities and taste for mental
cultivation ; but so long as your present feelings continue , and you consider them
merely available to ambitious purposes , you will derive more disappointment
than ...
Sida 195
sake , enhances happiness : knowledge , merely sought and loved for purposes
of display and self - aggrandizement , induces much evil and many mortifications
. Dearest — , let me break off this melancholy sketch , and picture the bright ...
sake , enhances happiness : knowledge , merely sought and loved for purposes
of display and self - aggrandizement , induces much evil and many mortifications
. Dearest — , let me break off this melancholy sketch , and picture the bright ...
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action affection bear beauty become believe bible blessing character Christ Christian close comfort continue David dear dearest death desire divine duty earth effort enable eternity evil existence faith fancy Father fear feel follow fruit give glory grace hand happiness heart heaven holy honour hope human imagination increase influence interest king knowledge leaves less LETTER light living look Lord mean ment merely mind motive nature never object offer once pass path peace perfect person pleasure portion possess prayer present principle promised prove received regard religion render rest satisfied scriptures seek sense sorrow soul spirit strength strive suffer surely taste thee things thou thoughts thousand tion true truth turn unto views walk whole wish young
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Sida 115 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is...
Sida 238 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Sida 239 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day : And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Sida 15 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.
Sida 51 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
Sida 30 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Sida 100 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Sida 22 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Sida 23 - Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Sida 187 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Bibliografisk information
| Titel | Letters to the young Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks |
| Författare | Maria Jane Jewsbury |
| Utgåva | 3 |
| Utgivare | J. Hatchard and Son, 1828 |
| Original från | Oxford University |
| Digitaliserad | 24 mar 2006 |
| Längd | 232 sidor |
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