Howard, the Philanthropist: And His FriendsHodder and Stoughton, 1884 - 379 pagina's |
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Pagina iv
... reached . The MS . was laid aside for reasons I need not relate ; but during the past year my publishers urged me to resume the task , as former Lives of Howard were most of them out of print and failed to meet the increasing taste for ...
... reached . The MS . was laid aside for reasons I need not relate ; but during the past year my publishers urged me to resume the task , as former Lives of Howard were most of them out of print and failed to meet the increasing taste for ...
Pagina 3
... reached the age of thirteen . A fortune inherited from his parent mainly contributed to the resources on which he drew so largely in his memorable career . The elder Howard was a decidedly pious man . " He maintained , " we are informed ...
... reached the age of thirteen . A fortune inherited from his parent mainly contributed to the resources on which he drew so largely in his memorable career . The elder Howard was a decidedly pious man . " He maintained , " we are informed ...
Pagina 14
... reached them , or whether he resembled a child , " who cannot tell when he first began to love his father , " it is impos- sible to determine ; it is likely , however , that parental influence contributed to fix that decision of ...
... reached them , or whether he resembled a child , " who cannot tell when he first began to love his father , " it is impos- sible to determine ; it is likely , however , that parental influence contributed to fix that decision of ...
Pagina 22
... reached . the mature age of fifty - two , and Howard was scarcely half as old ; but as he had some strange notions , which , when they took the shape of duty , became irresistible , he considered he could not justly repay his hostess by ...
... reached . the mature age of fifty - two , and Howard was scarcely half as old ; but as he had some strange notions , which , when they took the shape of duty , became irresistible , he considered he could not justly repay his hostess by ...
Pagina 26
... reached Brest , I suf- fered the extremity of thirst , not having for above forty hours one drop of water ; nor hardly a morsel of food . In the castle at Brest , I lay six nights upon straw and observing how cruelly my countrymen were ...
... reached Brest , I suf- fered the extremity of thirst , not having for above forty hours one drop of water ; nor hardly a morsel of food . In the castle at Brest , I lay six nights upon straw and observing how cruelly my countrymen were ...
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Pagina 304 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Pagina 202 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts ; — but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the...
Pagina 161 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Pagina 202 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...
Pagina 202 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pagina 116 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Pagina 236 - Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures, opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead ; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.
Pagina 116 - According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
Pagina 131 - The silent High Street of Rochester is full of gables, with old beams and timbers carved into strange faces. It is oddly garnished with a queer old clock that projects over the pavement out of a grave red-brick building, as if Time carried on business there, and hung out his sign.
Pagina 186 - It implied' an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance, as the Egyptian Pyramids to travellers, it appeared to him with a luminous distinctness as if it had been...