A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of Each Island; with an Account of the Missions Instituted in Those Islands, from the Commencement of Their Civilization, But More Especially of the Missions which Have Been Established in that Archipelago by the Society Late in Connexion with the Rev. John Wesley, المجلد 1Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1808 |
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... nearly smothered the internal dictates of their consciences , and reduced every emotion of the soul to one com- mon level , and melted all into one general mass . Unable to dis- criminate between perceptions which through their habits ...
... nearly smothered the internal dictates of their consciences , and reduced every emotion of the soul to one com- mon level , and melted all into one general mass . Unable to dis- criminate between perceptions which through their habits ...
الصفحة 43
... nearly lost these antiquated names , and are better known by more modern appellations . From the old Spanish navigators they received other names , which arising from natural causes , seem to be of a more perma- nent , though equally ...
... nearly lost these antiquated names , and are better known by more modern appellations . From the old Spanish navigators they received other names , which arising from natural causes , seem to be of a more perma- nent , though equally ...
الصفحة 44
... nearly nine months in the year , have given occasion to these distinctions ; and the islands are deno- minated Windward according to their easterly , and Leeward according to their westerly situation . Thus Barbadoes is the most ...
... nearly nine months in the year , have given occasion to these distinctions ; and the islands are deno- minated Windward according to their easterly , and Leeward according to their westerly situation . Thus Barbadoes is the most ...
الصفحة 46
... nearly blot them from the visible works of God . The inundation which a junction of these seas would occasion , would , it is more than probable , either root them from their foundation , or so agitate and vex these contiguous waters ...
... nearly blot them from the visible works of God . The inundation which a junction of these seas would occasion , would , it is more than probable , either root them from their foundation , or so agitate and vex these contiguous waters ...
الصفحة 57
... nearly 90 feet , from the base to the first branches , which spread at that height from their trunks . These cannot reflect on without horror . Having exterminated the natives , and be- ing glutted with human blood , they sunk down into ...
... nearly 90 feet , from the base to the first branches , which spread at that height from their trunks . These cannot reflect on without horror . Having exterminated the natives , and be- ing glutted with human blood , they sunk down into ...
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الصفحة 64 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
الصفحة 111 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves...
الصفحة 56 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
الصفحة 111 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
الصفحة 153 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
الصفحة 153 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
الصفحة 117 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly: we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
الصفحة 176 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
الصفحة 201 - Whereas Wee are credibly informed, That in many of Our Plantations, Colonies and Factories beyond the Seas, belonging to Our Kingdom of England, the Provision for Ministers is very mean ; and many others of our said Plantations, Colonies and Factories, are wholly destitute and unprovided of a Mainteynance for Ministers and the Publick Worshipp of God ; and for Lack of Support...
الصفحة 243 - IN FRANCE, BUT LEFT THAT COUNTRY FOR HIS RELIGION AND CAME TO SETTLE IN THIS ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE YEAR 1692 AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD WAS BY ANOTHER SHOCK THROWN INTO THE SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY SWIMMING UNTIL A BOAT TOOK HIM UP; HE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER IN GREAT REPUTATION, BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND MUCH LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH...