Nautical Essays, Or, A Spiritual View of the Ocean and Maritime Affairs: With Reflections on the Battle of Trafalgar and Other EventsJ. Nisbet ... sold also by Longman and Company [and 17 others], 1818 - 211 страници |
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... honour , and followed with many a long and kind remembrance by those who had once sailed on board . So when the children of men are born into this world , and launched on the unsettled ocean of life , what extravagant , what ideal hopes ...
... honour , and followed with many a long and kind remembrance by those who had once sailed on board . So when the children of men are born into this world , and launched on the unsettled ocean of life , what extravagant , what ideal hopes ...
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... honours and distinction that his offspring will bring to his family . By and by the object of all their hopes and expectations receives a name expressive of what the parents are fondly dream- ing ; and mirth , and music , and ...
... honours and distinction that his offspring will bring to his family . By and by the object of all their hopes and expectations receives a name expressive of what the parents are fondly dream- ing ; and mirth , and music , and ...
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... honour . But what is of infinitely more im- portance than all these things , many a poor re- probate seaman and landsman , who all their lives had continued in ignorance and contempt of God and of a future state , while in the mer ...
... honour . But what is of infinitely more im- portance than all these things , many a poor re- probate seaman and landsman , who all their lives had continued in ignorance and contempt of God and of a future state , while in the mer ...
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... honours , and wealth , and power . Some courtier's promise , empty as the foam before the vessel's prow , might , by many , be deemed substantial , and buoy up their long - disappointed hopes . Or , what was better , their real claims ...
... honours , and wealth , and power . Some courtier's promise , empty as the foam before the vessel's prow , might , by many , be deemed substantial , and buoy up their long - disappointed hopes . Or , what was better , their real claims ...
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... those who die un- justified and unsanctified will depart accursed , and drink in eternal sorrow , although on earth they might have been honoured among men , and clothed in purple and fine linen , and have fared 88 NAUTICAL ESSAYS .
... those who die un- justified and unsanctified will depart accursed , and drink in eternal sorrow , although on earth they might have been honoured among men , and clothed in purple and fine linen , and have fared 88 NAUTICAL ESSAYS .
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Страница 175 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet.
Страница 30 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Страница 11 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Страница 12 - Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Страница 126 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Страница 22 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below?
Страница 43 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Страница 11 - When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm unseen convey'd me safe, And led me up to man.
Страница 96 - Lord, and in the power of his might ; to put on the whole armour of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.