Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence: With a Brief Account of Some Incidents in His LifeGould and Lincoln, 1856 - 355 páginas |
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... thing connected with the good of the town . As we children came forward , we were carefully looked after , but were taught to use the talents intrusted to us ; and every nerve was strained to provide for us the academy which is now ...
... thing connected with the good of the town . As we children came forward , we were carefully looked after , but were taught to use the talents intrusted to us ; and every nerve was strained to provide for us the academy which is now ...
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... he writes elsewhere , as follows : " When I look back , I can trace the small events which hap- pened at your age as having an influence upon all the after things . My academy lessons , little academy balls , 4 DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE .
... he writes elsewhere , as follows : " When I look back , I can trace the small events which hap- pened at your age as having an influence upon all the after things . My academy lessons , little academy balls , 4 DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE .
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... things . My academy lessons , little academy balls , and eight - cent expenses for music and gingerbread , the agreeable partners in the hall , and pleasant companions in the stroll , all helped to make me feel that I had a character ...
... things . My academy lessons , little academy balls , and eight - cent expenses for music and gingerbread , the agreeable partners in the hall , and pleasant companions in the stroll , all helped to make me feel that I had a character ...
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... ( which have occurred to me as I am writing ) may serve to show how apt we are to do things which afford us no pleasure , and which often- times are attended with the most disagreeable consequences . If 5 DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE . 33.
... ( which have occurred to me as I am writing ) may serve to show how apt we are to do things which afford us no pleasure , and which often- times are attended with the most disagreeable consequences . If 5 DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE . 33.
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... thing I did was to take four per cent . premium on my Boston bills ( the difference then between passable and Boston money ) , and send a thousand dollars in bills of the Hillsborough Bank to Amherst , New Hampshire , by my father , to ...
... thing I did was to take four per cent . premium on my Boston bills ( the difference then between passable and Boston money ) , and send a thousand dollars in bills of the Hillsborough Bank to Amherst , New Hampshire , by my father , to ...
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Abbott ABBOTT LAWRENCE acquaintance affection allowed alluded American Tract Society AMOS LAWRENCE April 26 beautiful beloved bless Boston Bowdoin College brother Bunker Hill Monument called CHAPTER character charity charm cheering Christian church cloth comfort commenced DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR death deeply interested desire duties early England enjoy enjoyment expressed faithful father feel give Groton Groton Academy habit hand happy heart heaven honor hope hundred dollars Jeremiah Mason journey June 12 labors lady Lawrence Academy Lawrence writes Lawrence's letter living look loved Mather School memory mercy mind minister morning Nahant never objects passed period pleasure pray prayer present President Hopkins received religious rence respect Saviour scenes seemed sent sick sister spirit sympathy things thought thousand dollars tion to-day trust volume wife Williams College young
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Página 341 - Hark! they whisper! angels say, ' Sister spirit, come away.' What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath?
Página 314 - For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Página 142 - ... to whom much is given, of him, will much be required.
Página 261 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Página 30 - I took lodgings in the family of a widow, who had commenced keeping boarders for a living. I was one of her first, and, perhaps, had been in the city two months when I went to this place; and she, of course, while I remained, was inclined to adopt any rules for the boarders that I prescribed. The only one I ever made was, that after supper, all the boarders who remained in the public room should remain quiet...