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... sir , that you do not like compliments , and I would never deal in them ... Sir , Your most obliged and most humble Servant , PHILIP DODDRIDGE . P. S. Pray , sir , give my humble services to Mr. and ... DEAR PHIL . 38 DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
... sir , that you do not like compliments , and I would never deal in them ... Sir , Your most obliged and most humble Servant , PHILIP DODDRIDGE . P. S. Pray , sir , give my humble services to Mr. and ... DEAR PHIL . 38 DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
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... sir , to have added an account of my private studies ; but must defer it till the next time I write , because it now ... Sir , Your most obliged and most humble servant , PHILIP DODDridge . DEAR BROTHER , TO MY BROTHER * . Kibworth , 42 DIARY ...
... sir , to have added an account of my private studies ; but must defer it till the next time I write , because it now ... Sir , Your most obliged and most humble servant , PHILIP DODDridge . DEAR BROTHER , TO MY BROTHER * . Kibworth , 42 DIARY ...
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... Dear Sir , Your loving brother and humble Servant , PHILIP DODDridge . For the Rev. John Nettleton , near the Windmill , on Hampstead Heath . DEAR SISTER , TO MY SISTER . Kibworth , 1721 OF DR . DODDRIDGE . 45.
... Dear Sir , Your loving brother and humble Servant , PHILIP DODDridge . For the Rev. John Nettleton , near the Windmill , on Hampstead Heath . DEAR SISTER , TO MY SISTER . Kibworth , 1721 OF DR . DODDRIDGE . 45.
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... madam , you may also be , and therefore will not multiply particulars . Mr. Jennings may , perhaps , remove from Kib- worth to Hinckley , which , next to Leicester , is the ... DEAR SIR , TO MR HUGHES * . Kibworth , OF DR . DODDRIDGE . 53.
... madam , you may also be , and therefore will not multiply particulars . Mr. Jennings may , perhaps , remove from Kib- worth to Hinckley , which , next to Leicester , is the ... DEAR SIR , TO MR HUGHES * . Kibworth , OF DR . DODDRIDGE . 53.
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Philip Doddridge John Doddridge Humphreys. DEAR SIR , TO MR HUGHES * . Kibworth , 1721 . It is not very easy for me to believe myself slighted by my friends , especially by such a friend as Mr. Hughes . Therefore I am willing to put the ...
Philip Doddridge John Doddridge Humphreys. DEAR SIR , TO MR HUGHES * . Kibworth , 1721 . It is not very easy for me to believe myself slighted by my friends , especially by such a friend as Mr. Hughes . Therefore I am willing to put the ...
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Page 56 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 479 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Page 453 - Believe it, my good friend, to love truth, for truth's sake, is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues ; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as ever I met with in any body.
Page 251 - You know I love a country life, and here we have it in perfection. I am roused in the morning with the chirping of sparrows, the cooing of pigeons, the lowing of kine, the bleating of sheep, and, to complete the concert, the grunting of swine and neighing of horses. We have a. mighty pleasant garden and orchard, and...
Page 18 - God is an immortal Father; my soul rejoiceth in him: he has hitherto helped me and provided for me; may it be my study to approve myself a more affectionate, grateful, and dutiful child...
Page 456 - It is impossible to tell you how much I am charmed with the devotion, good sense, and pathos, which is every where to be found in him.
Page 334 - Christ, whom having not seen we love, in whom, though now we see Him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, receiving the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls.
Page 11 - Some of his sermons, which I have seen, shew him to have been a judicious and serious preacher. This his grandson, in a letter to a friend, saith of him, " he had a family of ten children unprovided for ; but he quitted his living, which was worth to him about...
Page 96 - Pride, remembering that I have all from God's hand, and that I have deserved the severest punishment. — 12. In all my studies let me remember that the Souls of Men are immortal, and that Christ died to redeem them. — 13. Let me consecrate my sleep and all my recreations to God, and seek them for His sake. — 14. Let me frequently ask myself what Duty or what Temptation is now before me? — 15. Let me remember that through the mercy of God in a Redeemer I hope that I am within a short space...
Page 481 - ... now raised to more valuable friends, more delightful entertainment, and a sphere of more extensive service ? I am confident, madam, you would have been thankful from your heart for your brother's recovery: and would it have been a greater mercy to him, to have been raised from a languishing illness to a state of confirmed health, amidst the vanity and misery of this state of mortality, than to be exalted to immortal health and vigour...