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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... never since been heard of , though the most diligent in- quiries were made after him . As delay was death to him , he plunged again in the stream , and buffeting the waves , pushed for the opposite shore ; but he found the tide running ...
... never since been heard of , though the most diligent in- quiries were made after him . As delay was death to him , he plunged again in the stream , and buffeting the waves , pushed for the opposite shore ; but he found the tide running ...
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... never having seen a white man before . There he was forced to present him- self in all possible positions , and to display all the antics of which he was capable , that his conductors might obtain money from these poor villagers at the ...
... never having seen a white man before . There he was forced to present him- self in all possible positions , and to display all the antics of which he was capable , that his conductors might obtain money from these poor villagers at the ...
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... never appeased by an allowance scarcely able to maintain life ; and the rice so full of stones , that he could not chew but must swallow it ; and often ( he said ) he was afraid to trust his own fingers in his mouth , lest he should be ...
... never appeased by an allowance scarcely able to maintain life ; and the rice so full of stones , that he could not chew but must swallow it ; and often ( he said ) he was afraid to trust his own fingers in his mouth , lest he should be ...
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... never want it , " but who can tell what a day may bring forth ? He had exchanged his allowance of rice that day for a small species of gram , called ratche pier , which he eagerly devoured , and being very thirsty , he drank the liquor ...
... never want it , " but who can tell what a day may bring forth ? He had exchanged his allowance of rice that day for a small species of gram , called ratche pier , which he eagerly devoured , and being very thirsty , he drank the liquor ...
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... never to be repented of . The Captain often mentioned a remarkable in- stance of ingratitude , which used , while he was in India , to sting him to the heart . A gentleman of very large property fell overboard in Bengal river , under ...
... never to be repented of . The Captain often mentioned a remarkable in- stance of ingratitude , which used , while he was in India , to sting him to the heart . A gentleman of very large property fell overboard in Bengal river , under ...
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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.