Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... and led to an exclusive and quickening reliance on the merits of the Atonement . This happy change , which brought his soul under the omnipotent influence of Divine truth and love , and diffused joy and peace through.
... and led to an exclusive and quickening reliance on the merits of the Atonement . This happy change , which brought his soul under the omnipotent influence of Divine truth and love , and diffused joy and peace through.
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... brought under his influence for devotional exercises , and had obtained permission to occupy one of the cloisters of the Great Pagoda . An officer who had accompanied the expedition , stated to the writer of this memoir , that passing ...
... brought under his influence for devotional exercises , and had obtained permission to occupy one of the cloisters of the Great Pagoda . An officer who had accompanied the expedition , stated to the writer of this memoir , that passing ...
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... brought to a close , which , in the dilatory manner in which it was conducted , was not likely to be accom- plished for more than a twelvemonth . He embarked for Bombay in January , and was received with great cordiality by the Governor ...
... brought to a close , which , in the dilatory manner in which it was conducted , was not likely to be accom- plished for more than a twelvemonth . He embarked for Bombay in January , and was received with great cordiality by the Governor ...
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... brought against his work , partly from its peculiar arrangement , but chiefly from the use of the word " bar- barian , " which he had applied to the Burmese , and which was treated as a conceited adoption of the term employed by Cæsar ...
... brought against his work , partly from its peculiar arrangement , but chiefly from the use of the word " bar- barian , " which he had applied to the Burmese , and which was treated as a conceited adoption of the term employed by Cæsar ...
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... brought him neither profit nor promotion . It might reasonably have been supposed that in a service like that of India , where the discovery and the employment of talent is essential to the success of government , an officer who had ...
... brought him neither profit nor promotion . It might reasonably have been supposed that in a service like that of India , where the discovery and the employment of talent is essential to the success of government , an officer who had ...
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Page 100 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.