Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine CappeLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - 467 pages |
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... things that are told of them , with extra- " vagant praise , by others . " But to return to my own history . The follow- ing effect of the same temperament operating on the fear of shame , although not so easily dis- coverable , I well ...
... things that are told of them , with extra- " vagant praise , by others . " But to return to my own history . The follow- ing effect of the same temperament operating on the fear of shame , although not so easily dis- coverable , I well ...
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... thing erroneous in that mode of reasoning , which would defer all attempts to make religious im- pressions , until the principles on which they are founded can be completely understood ? Alas ! were this principle pursued to its full ...
... thing erroneous in that mode of reasoning , which would defer all attempts to make religious im- pressions , until the principles on which they are founded can be completely understood ? Alas ! were this principle pursued to its full ...
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... thing I witnessed , for I flew away on the first alarm to call her maid and the probability is , so powerful was the panic which seized my imagination , that how much soever her safety might have required it , I could not have rendered ...
... thing I witnessed , for I flew away on the first alarm to call her maid and the probability is , so powerful was the panic which seized my imagination , that how much soever her safety might have required it , I could not have rendered ...
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... things that are most to be desired and coveted . Far from correcting , it is not unfrequent for the governess herself ... thing . You see with what very fine lace her bonnet and cloak are trimmed . " It was true that her papa did possess ...
... things that are most to be desired and coveted . Far from correcting , it is not unfrequent for the governess herself ... thing . You see with what very fine lace her bonnet and cloak are trimmed . " It was true that her papa did possess ...
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... thing ; I comprehended very well , for instance , that maison was French for house ; but to repeat a string of words that varied continually , according to the relation in which they stood , appeared an intolerable burden , and I could ...
... thing ; I comprehended very well , for instance , that maison was French for house ; but to repeat a string of words that varied continually , according to the relation in which they stood , appeared an intolerable burden , and I could ...
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Ackton acquaintance affliction afterwards amiable anxiety appeared assistance attended aunts Bedale benevolent brother Cappe Cappe's Catterick cerned CHAPTER character Church circumstances comfort conduct connexions continued conversation Craven daughter dear death delight desire distressing duty effects endeavour exceedingly excellent extremely father favour female fortitude fortune Foundling hospital give habits happiness Harrogate heard heart honour hope interest knew labour lady late Leeds length letter Lindsey Lindsey's Liverpool living London Long Preston Lord lord Mulgrave Lord Rockingham manner marriage Memoir ment mentioned mind mother neighbouring never Newry nexions Nostel object obtained occasion painful pecuniary perhaps persons pleasure possessed racter received resigned respect Sir Rowland Winn sister situation Skipton Sorell sorrow spirits Stank-house suffered talents thing thither thought tion treme truth Wellbeloved whilst whole wholly Winn wish York young
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Page 167 - Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Page 163 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 359 - That to fear GOD, and keep his commandments, is the whole duty of man...
Page 118 - L. having frequently been recognized in the streets of London by some of his former Sunday pupils, who gratefully acknowledged their obligations to him. After evening service, Mr. Lindsey received different classes of young men and women, on alternate Sundays in his study, for the purpose 6t instruction ; and Mrs. Lindsey in like manner, in another apartment, had two classes of children, boys and girls alternately.
Page 28 - The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is become my salvation; he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 117 - I WILL extol thee, my God, O king : and I will bless thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless thee : and I will praise thy name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Page 463 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: — Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them
Page 55 - That keep me from myself; and still delay Life's instant business to a future day: That task, which as we follow, or despise, The eldest is a fool, the youngest wise; Which done, the poorest can no wants endure; And which not done, the richest must be poor.
Page 450 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in Thee.
Page 376 - It was my happiness in my early youth to enjoy the privilege of his acquaintance and correspondence; and now, after the lapse of more than fifty years, I can truly say, that, in the course of a long life, I have never known an individual of a character more elevated and chivalric, acting according to a purer standard of morals, imbued with a higher sense of honor, and uniting more intimately the qualities of the gentleman, the soldier, the scholar, and the Christian.