Theology, Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons, Volume 1W. Baynes & son, 1824 - Theology |
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Page ix
... furnish but few incidents for the labours of the biographer , or the entertainment of his readers . Mankind are attracted rather by what is brilliant in character and daring in action , than by the less splendid achievements of learning ...
... furnish but few incidents for the labours of the biographer , or the entertainment of his readers . Mankind are attracted rather by what is brilliant in character and daring in action , than by the less splendid achievements of learning ...
Page xiii
... furnished him with the re- quisite books , and the wisdom and affection of his mother with the necessary guidance . He was pre- viously familiar with the historical parts of the Bible . She first turned his attention to Josephus and Pri ...
... furnished him with the re- quisite books , and the wisdom and affection of his mother with the necessary guidance . He was pre- viously familiar with the historical parts of the Bible . She first turned his attention to Josephus and Pri ...
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... furnished him and his compa- nions with authority to introduce and to justify this change , and became in a sense the only written law in force . The purport of this clause was , that , as the Laws of the College were few and general ...
... furnished him and his compa- nions with authority to introduce and to justify this change , and became in a sense the only written law in force . The purport of this clause was , that , as the Laws of the College were few and general ...
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... furnished by the effects of his Presidency . Yale College was founded by a number of pious clergymen , without property , who had little to bestow upon it but a few books on Theology . It has always strug- gled forward through great ...
... furnished by the effects of his Presidency . Yale College was founded by a number of pious clergymen , without property , who had little to bestow upon it but a few books on Theology . It has always strug- gled forward through great ...
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... furnished by other gentlemen . But as it proved less easy than he imagined to obtain the per- formance of a task attended with some labour and no profit , the business languished in hands far less occupied than his own , and the ...
... furnished by other gentlemen . But as it proved less easy than he imagined to obtain the per- formance of a task attended with some labour and no profit , the business languished in hands far less occupied than his own , and the ...
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