Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... object of his search . Through the instrumentality of a fellow - passenger , he was drawn to a more earnest perusal of the Holy Scrip- tures , and led to an exclusive and quickening reliance on the merits of the Atonement . This happy ...
... object of his search . Through the instrumentality of a fellow - passenger , he was drawn to a more earnest perusal of the Holy Scrip- tures , and led to an exclusive and quickening reliance on the merits of the Atonement . This happy ...
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... objects of Christian benevolence , at Bath . This excellent friend was most influential in leading Havelock to make public avowal , by his works , of Christianity in earnest . " Lieutenant - now Colonel - Gardner , on discovering the ...
... objects of Christian benevolence , at Bath . This excellent friend was most influential in leading Havelock to make public avowal , by his works , of Christianity in earnest . " Lieutenant - now Colonel - Gardner , on discovering the ...
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... object of an officer's care , the strength of the private soldier . It is in vain for those who admire the conduct of Rostopchin at Moscow , to vituperate this barbarous Reywoon , as far as the principle of his defence is concerned ...
... object of an officer's care , the strength of the private soldier . It is in vain for those who admire the conduct of Rostopchin at Moscow , to vituperate this barbarous Reywoon , as far as the principle of his defence is concerned ...
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... objects cognate to that to which I beg you to devote this trifling one . I move in the humble post of interpreter , which is not very flattering to the vanity of the ex- Deputy Assistant Adjutant - General of the first British army ...
... objects cognate to that to which I beg you to devote this trifling one . I move in the humble post of interpreter , which is not very flattering to the vanity of the ex- Deputy Assistant Adjutant - General of the first British army ...
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... objects of piety and benevolence . On his marriage he resolved to adhere to the same rule , from which he never swerved , even when his resources were reduced to the scanty pay of a lieutenant . For several years Havelock had been ...
... objects of piety and benevolence . On his marriage he resolved to adhere to the same rule , from which he never swerved , even when his resources were reduced to the scanty pay of a lieutenant . For several years Havelock had been ...
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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.