Converts from Infidelity: Or, Lives of Eminent Individuals who Have Renounced Libertine Principles and Sceptical Opinions, and Embraced Christianity, Količina 1Constable & Company, 1827 |
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Stran 27 - Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Stran 207 - When I first set out in the world, I had friends who endeavoured to shake my belief in the Christian religion. I saw difficulties which staggered me; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, an*d it is the ground of my future hopes.
Stran 14 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Stran 16 - To this he answered, a man could not write with life, unless he were heated by revenge : for to make a satire without resentments, upon the cold notions of philosophy, was as if a man would in cold blood, cut men's throats who had never offended him : and he said, the lies in these libels came often in as ornaments that could not be spared without spoiling the beauty of the poem.
Stran 197 - Long had thy virtues marked thee out for fame, Far, far superior to a Cornet's name ; This generous Walpole saw, and grieved to find So mean a post disgrace the human mind. The servile standard from the free-born hand He took, and bade thee lead the Patriot Band.
Stran 298 - Where parental influence does not convert, it hampers ; it hangs on the wheels of evil. I had a pious mother who dropped things in my way. I could never rid myself of them.
Stran 80 - ... pernicious opinions and vile practices, by which I have hitherto lived, without hope, and without God in the world; have been an open enemy to Jesus Christ, doing the utmost despite to the holy Spirit of Grace; and that the greatest testimony of my charity to such is, to warn them in the name of God, and as they regard the welfare of their immortal souls, no more to deny his being or his providence, or despise his goodness; no more to make a mock of sin, or contemn the pure and excellent religion...
Stran 207 - On the evening, when the symptoms of death came on, he said, "I shall die; but it will not be your fault." When lord and lady Valentia came to see his lordship, he gave them his solemn benediction, and said, " Be good, be virtuous, my lord ; you must come to this.
Stran 11 - During the action, sir Edward Spragge not being satisfied with the behaviour of one of the captains, could not easily find a person that would cheerfully venture through so much danger, to carry his commands to that captain. This lord offered himself to the service ; and went in a little boat, through all the shot, and delivered his message, and returned back to sir Edward : which was much commended by all that saw it.
Stran 264 - ... presuppose an accidental or artificial state of mind. An imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader, however acute, by whom Spenser has never been perused. Works of this kind may deserve praise, as proofs of great industry and great nicety of observation; but the highest praise, the praise of genius, they cannot claim.