Memoirs of Captain James Wilson: Containing an Account of His Enterprises and Sufferings in India, His Conversion to Christianity, His Missionary Voyage to the South Seas, and His Peaceful and Triumphant Death |
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... French fleet that very evening weighed anchor , occasioned by a singular circumstance , which was afterwards known . Suffrein had sent his water - casks on shore to be filled , and they lay on the beach 1 * HIS EARLY YOUTH . 13.
... French fleet that very evening weighed anchor , occasioned by a singular circumstance , which was afterwards known . Suffrein had sent his water - casks on shore to be filled , and they lay on the beach 1 * HIS EARLY YOUTH . 13.
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... by the French , when he was going with a very valuable cargo of military stores for Sir Edward Hughes , whose ammunition had been exhausted in the well known conflict with Suffrein . He 14 MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN WILSON .
... by the French , when he was going with a very valuable cargo of military stores for Sir Edward Hughes , whose ammunition had been exhausted in the well known conflict with Suffrein . He 14 MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN WILSON .
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... known conflict with Suffrein . He was carried into Cuddalore , which had been taken by the French , and there he found the crew of the Hannibal in the same captivity . He was permitted , with other officers , to be at large on his ...
... known conflict with Suffrein . He was carried into Cuddalore , which had been taken by the French , and there he found the crew of the Hannibal in the same captivity . He was permitted , with other officers , to be at large on his ...
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... known that Mr. Wilson had saved his life at the imminent risk of his own , not only from the al- most unparalleled rapidity of the current , but from the number of sharks and alligators in the river ; and though there were various ...
... known that Mr. Wilson had saved his life at the imminent risk of his own , not only from the al- most unparalleled rapidity of the current , but from the number of sharks and alligators in the river ; and though there were various ...
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... known , is bound studiously to conform . Here the Captain seeming to shew that he felt the application of the subject , the minister's heart glowed with benevolence , and flushed with the hope of a final triumph , he said in rather ...
... known , is bound studiously to conform . Here the Captain seeming to shew that he felt the application of the subject , the minister's heart glowed with benevolence , and flushed with the hope of a final triumph , he said in rather ...
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Page 207 - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 210 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Page 211 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Page 203 - I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams...
Page 214 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 213 - Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Page 200 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring : 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 213 - And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Page 211 - Thy glories blaze all nature round, And strike the gazing sight, Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, With terror and delight.
Page 202 - These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.