Peter Jones, an autobiography. Stage 1 |
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... early , when PETER JONES should go out to assist in earning the means of subsistence for the family . He had never been at school but his father had taught him to read the Bible , and he was familiar with many of the Old Testament ...
... early , when PETER JONES should go out to assist in earning the means of subsistence for the family . He had never been at school but his father had taught him to read the Bible , and he was familiar with many of the Old Testament ...
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... early youth , become a wondrous collection to Peter Jones his intellect was filled with its poetry , its incidents , its miracles , its examples , its warnings , and its promises ; and it was to him the Book of the Universe , containing ...
... early youth , become a wondrous collection to Peter Jones his intellect was filled with its poetry , its incidents , its miracles , its examples , its warnings , and its promises ; and it was to him the Book of the Universe , containing ...
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... early training , the sermons which he heard , the Bible which he read , all had built up in him the indestructible conviction that he possessed a living , active principle , which should survive the death of the body , and be rendered ...
... early training , the sermons which he heard , the Bible which he read , all had built up in him the indestructible conviction that he possessed a living , active principle , which should survive the death of the body , and be rendered ...
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... early por- tion of the book of Genesis , and not afterwards men- tioned until we come to the epistle to the Romans , was not a representation of actual facts , or a literal historical narrative , but an emblematical or allego- rical ...
... early por- tion of the book of Genesis , and not afterwards men- tioned until we come to the epistle to the Romans , was not a representation of actual facts , or a literal historical narrative , but an emblematical or allego- rical ...
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... early times , considered the burning of the body a most ignominious infliction ; this feeling , which was subsequently modified , revived in great force after the Captivity ; and it was thought some alleviation of a malefactor's fate ...
... early times , considered the burning of the body a most ignominious infliction ; this feeling , which was subsequently modified , revived in great force after the Captivity ; and it was thought some alleviation of a malefactor's fate ...
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Página 15 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Página 18 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Página 77 - Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why...
Página 72 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit ; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people : The seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.
Página 70 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Página 69 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 12 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 3 - Oil ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Página 105 - tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings; Carry them here and there ; jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hour-glass...
Página 45 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.