The Confessions of J. Lackington: Late Bookseller, at the Temple of the Muses, in a Series of Letters to a Friend ...Ezekiel Cooper & John Wilson, editors & general book stewards, 1806 - 189 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... poor wretched mortals , of our God ! A soul in converse with her God , is heav'n ; Feels not the tumults and the shocks of life ; The whirls of passion , and the strokes of heart you so truly miserable as to render you an object ...
... poor wretched mortals , of our God ! A soul in converse with her God , is heav'n ; Feels not the tumults and the shocks of life ; The whirls of passion , and the strokes of heart you so truly miserable as to render you an object ...
Pagina 33
... passion , and the strokes of heart , A deity believ'd is joy begun ; A deity ador'd is joy advanc'd ; A deity belov'd is joy matur'd . Each branch of piety delight inspires : Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next , O'er ...
... passion , and the strokes of heart , A deity believ'd is joy begun ; A deity ador'd is joy advanc'd ; A deity belov'd is joy matur'd . Each branch of piety delight inspires : Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next , O'er ...
Pagina 41
... a man of great sense and very high character , whose conversion was " brought about by a single word . He was yet in " the age of the passions ; he had never possessed " the least principle of religion ; and he prided 4i.
... a man of great sense and very high character , whose conversion was " brought about by a single word . He was yet in " the age of the passions ; he had never possessed " the least principle of religion ; and he prided 4i.
Pagina 56
... passions and evil propensities of man , Yet was I so attached to infidelity , and so blind- ed by it as not to believe its evil tendency , until for some time I had observed how much the mo- rals of men , in every rank and station , had ...
... passions and evil propensities of man , Yet was I so attached to infidelity , and so blind- ed by it as not to believe its evil tendency , until for some time I had observed how much the mo- rals of men , in every rank and station , had ...
Pagina 76
... passions on small provocations : to be short , I endeavoured to resist every evil pro- pensity and disposition , and I prayed for divine assistance to enable me so to do ; and soon found myself much freed from evil words , actions , and ...
... passions on small provocations : to be short , I endeavoured to resist every evil pro- pensity and disposition , and I prayed for divine assistance to enable me so to do ; and soon found myself much freed from evil words , actions , and ...
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Pagina 113 - Why shrinks the soul Hack on herself and startles at destruction ? *Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!
Pagina 71 - wishfully she looks On all she's leaving, now no longer her's! A little longer, yet a little longer. Oh might she stay, to wash away her stains And fit her for her passage !—Mournful sight! Her very eyes weep blood ;—and every groan She heaves is big with horror.—But the foe,
Pagina 117 - namely, from analogical reasoning, Origen has with singular sagacity observed, that ' he who believes the scripture to have proceeded from him who is the Author of Nature, may well expect to find the same sort of difficulties in it, as
Pagina 107 - I knew a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell, God knoweth ; how that he was caught up into paradise, and
Pagina 71 - a staunch murd'rer, steady to his purpose, Pursues her close through every lane of life, Nor misses once the track, but presses on ; Till forc'd at last to the tremendous verge, At once she sinks to everlasting
Pagina 179 - be merciful to me a sinner ! Jesus, let thy pitying eye Call back a wandering sheep; False to thee, like Peter, I Would fain like Peter weep. Let me be by grace res'tor'd ; On me be all long-suffering
Pagina 99 - A serious thing to die ! My soul I What a strange moment must it be, when near Thy journey's end thou hast the gulf in view ! That awful gulf no mortal e'er repass'd To tell what's doing on the other side
Pagina 139 - he received ninety pounds, and gave away sixty-two. The fourth year he received one hundred and twenty pounds, still he lived on twentyeight, and gave to the poor ninety-two." In this ratio he proceeded during the rest of his life ; and in the course of fifty years, it has been supposed, he gave away between twenty and thirty thousand pounds.
Pagina 177 - Ah, Lord, with trembling I confess, A gracious soul may fall from grace ! The salt may lose its seasoning power, And never, never find it more ' Lest that my fearful case should be. Each moment knit my soul to
Pagina 151 - Far from the path of peace, ' (That lonely, unfrequented way) ■ To life and happiness, ' Why will ye folly love, ' And throng the downward road; ■ And hate the wisdom from above,