Struggles for Life, Or, The Autobiography of a Dissenting MinisterExcerpt from Struggles for Life: Or the Autobiography of a Dissenting Minister Or memory may recall, after the lapse of twenty or thirty years of youth and early manhood that invaluable period of being in which, if a man is to do anything in this tumultuous market-place called the world, it must be done, or left undone for ever - scenes of strangely mingled com plexion, having all the colours of the rainbow, without its unity and beauty, and all the variety of a Persian bazaar, without its order and elegance. Alternations of hope and disappointment, satisfaction and grief, gladness and tears. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... heard at intervals groaning a burning prayer for the once despised and irrevocably lost treasure . Moralists have exhibited its attrac- tions so as to excite esteem , and create the wish to acquire it . And philosophers ...
... heard . If this be deemed too slender a foundation on which to impose a general principle , let the following considerations be duly weighed , and perhaps a different verdict will be given by the objector . In the first place , there ...
... heard this often , and knew that the man who so expressed himself was as incapable either of falsehood or religious cant , as he was of waylaying and robbing his neighbour . Some- times my poor loving - hearted mother would give way to ...
... heard with dismay in my youthful days , no one ventured to continue the conversation . And many persons affirmed that ' as soon as it escaped her lips , or throat , or whatever other organ she employed to give birth to it , a curious ...
... heard by all , and having the reputation of a prophetess , the oracle was often solicited to speak concerning future events . She had too much good principle , however , to take any selfish advantage of these weaknesses in her ...