Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson ...: Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 - Bishops |
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Page 353 - All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Page 419 - In September I received a letter from Dr. Marsh, (Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge,) enclosing a prospectus of an intended national society for the education of the poor in the principles of the Established Church, and requesting to know whether I would assist in the promotion and guidance of such.
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Page 442 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right ; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
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