Latter Struggles in the Journey of Life, Or, The Afternoon of My Days: Comprehending Chiefly, the Period Between My Forty-fifth and the End of My Sixtieth Year, Being the Fourth Book of My Pilgrimage : from Retrospections of a Sexagenarian : in Wich Some of the More Recent Ups and Downs, the Joys and Sorrows, the Hopes and Disappointments of a Life Passed in Comparative Obscurity ... : the Real Life of a Country Bookseller ...J. Colston, 1833 - 408 sider An eccentric book by an eccentric Scottish book seller which, among all the verbiage, probably does give some new insight into the 19th century Scottish book trade. |
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... human events , -to excite the sympathy of those who admire the patient and persevering efforts of suffering humanity , in the midst of misfortunes of an appalling nature , and surrounded by difficulties of no ordinary description , —and ...
... human events , -to excite the sympathy of those who admire the patient and persevering efforts of suffering humanity , in the midst of misfortunes of an appalling nature , and surrounded by difficulties of no ordinary description , —and ...
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... human nature , as at present constituted , and ill in accordance with , the sage maxim , " That he who attempts , or expects , -to which we see so often verified , viz please everybody , —will please nobody . ” But the fact is , I look ...
... human nature , as at present constituted , and ill in accordance with , the sage maxim , " That he who attempts , or expects , -to which we see so often verified , viz please everybody , —will please nobody . ” But the fact is , I look ...
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... human body which I carry about with me , received nourishment froin , and had increased in growth as I grew up by , that food , which , after being taken in at the mouth , had passed into the stomach - merely because , with my limited ...
... human body which I carry about with me , received nourishment froin , and had increased in growth as I grew up by , that food , which , after being taken in at the mouth , had passed into the stomach - merely because , with my limited ...
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... Human life a state of trial and pro- bation - Sublime spectacle , according to Seneca - Fortitude in adversity , one of the heroical virtues in morals , according to Lord Bacon , CHAP . III . Introductory , Continued . - The author no ...
... Human life a state of trial and pro- bation - Sublime spectacle , according to Seneca - Fortitude in adversity , one of the heroical virtues in morals , according to Lord Bacon , CHAP . III . Introductory , Continued . - The author no ...
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... human will . " * No truth , indeed , is more clear , as things are presently constituted , than , that let some men's talents , qualifications , and acquirements , be what they may , and let their industry and application in the use of ...
... human will . " * No truth , indeed , is more clear , as things are presently constituted , than , that let some men's talents , qualifications , and acquirements , be what they may , and let their industry and application in the use of ...
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Side 331 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Side 23 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Side 369 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Side 27 - The man who consecrates his hours By vigorous effort, and an honest aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death : He walks with nature ; and her paths are peace.
Side 33 - Thy purpose firm, is equal to the deed : Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly ; angels could no more.
Side 26 - He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What varied being peoples every star, May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.
Side 90 - I know but one way of fortifying my soul against these gloomy presages and terrors of mind, and that is, by securing to myself the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events, and governs futurity. He sees at one view, the whole thread of my existence ; not only that part of it which I have already passed through, but that which runs forward into all the depths of eternity.
Side 20 - Some must be great. Great offices will have Great talents. And God gives to every man The virtue, temper, understanding, taste, That lifts him into life, and lets him fall Just in the niche he was ordained to fill. To the deliverer of an injured land He gives a tongue t...
Side 116 - ... their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
Side 26 - Why formed no weaker, blinder, and no less; Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade? Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove?