Select female biography; comprising memoirs of eminent British ladies. By the author of 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom displayed'.1829 |
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... hope that the malevolence of her enemies was satisfied , before she was again seized ; and being brought before the privy council , underwent a rigorous examination on the subject of her reli- gious faith . Her answers were modest and ...
... hope that the malevolence of her enemies was satisfied , before she was again seized ; and being brought before the privy council , underwent a rigorous examination on the subject of her reli- gious faith . Her answers were modest and ...
الصفحة 10
... hope to the very end . Then was I brought to an house , and laid in a bed , with as weary and painful bones as had ever patient Job . I thank my Lord God therefore . Then , my lord chan- cellor sent me word , if I would leave my opinion ...
... hope to the very end . Then was I brought to an house , and laid in a bed , with as weary and painful bones as had ever patient Job . I thank my Lord God therefore . Then , my lord chan- cellor sent me word , if I would leave my opinion ...
الصفحة 32
... hope of the future cheering , and enables the pilgrim to proceed on his way in peace . This was the case with the subject of the present biography . In that path , " which the vulture's eye hath not seen , or the fierce lion passed ...
... hope of the future cheering , and enables the pilgrim to proceed on his way in peace . This was the case with the subject of the present biography . In that path , " which the vulture's eye hath not seen , or the fierce lion passed ...
الصفحة 34
... hope to enter into the kingdom of heaven . Lady Brookes delighted in retirement , and conscientiously devoted a considerable portion of every day , " to commune with her own heart , and to be still : " she knew , by experience , as the ...
... hope to enter into the kingdom of heaven . Lady Brookes delighted in retirement , and conscientiously devoted a considerable portion of every day , " to commune with her own heart , and to be still : " she knew , by experience , as the ...
الصفحة 36
... numerous and excellent . We cannot re- fuse ourselves the pleasure of presenting these to the attention of the reader , nor refrain from דין indulging a gratifying hope , that they may tend to 36 LADY ELIZABETH BROOKES .
... numerous and excellent . We cannot re- fuse ourselves the pleasure of presenting these to the attention of the reader , nor refrain from דין indulging a gratifying hope , that they may tend to 36 LADY ELIZABETH BROOKES .
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction afforded amiable ANN ASKEW attention beautiful beloved benevolence blessing Catharine character cheerful Christian comfort consolation Cottagers of Glenburnie countess countess of Suffolk countess of Warwick daugh daughter death decease delight desired devoted disposition Divine duties elegant Elizabeth ELIZABETH CARTER endeavoured engaged Epictetus eternal evinced excellent expressed faith father feelings felicity friends glory grace Graham happiness heart heaven holy honour hope human humble instruction James Hurdis kind knew lady Jane LADY JANE GREY live Lord lord Guildford Dudley ment mercy mind Miss Carter MISS ELIZABETH Miss Hamilton moral morning mother nature ness never observed Ossian parents passed peace peculiarly perfect person Peter Reid piety pleasure poor pray prayer racter religion rendered rience Scriptures seemed sentiments sister society soul spirit sufferings Suffolk sweetness Talbot talents tears thee thing thou thought tion tranquil virtue whilst widow young youth
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الصفحة 91 - But Thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe.
الصفحة 172 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
الصفحة 17 - and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
الصفحة 18 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him.
الصفحة 69 - I should return to the service of my earthly master, " for he who knoweth his Master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, and thus have I chastened you.
الصفحة 54 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
الصفحة 330 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
الصفحة 31 - Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb, In life's happy morning, hath hid from our eyes, Ere Sin threw a blight o'er the spirit's young bloom, Or earth had profaned what was born for the skies.
الصفحة 289 - Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, We will not weep for thee ; One thought shall check the starting tear — It is that thou art free.
الصفحة 35 - I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain (independently of a Divine origin) more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.