Memoirs and letters, ed. by mrs. A.S.H. Mountain |
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Memoirs and Letters, Ed. by Mrs. A.S.H. Mountain Mrs Armine Simcoe H Mountain Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Página 153 - They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars for ever and ever.
Página 1 - His father, one of the French protestants who took refuge in England upon...
Página 308 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator• of the new covenant.
Página 10 - Therefore, do unto all men as ye would they should do unto you : for this is the law and the prophets" Thirdly, Beware of all ostentation of virtue, goodness, or piety.
Página 60 - On the demise of a person of eminence, it is confidently averred that he had a hand "open as day to melting charity," and that "take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again.
Página 265 - Mountain, advanced, under a heavy fire, upon the enemy's guns, in a manner that did credit to the Brigadier and his gallant brigade, which came first into action, and suffered severely. . . " This division nobly maintained the character of the Indian army, taking and spiking the whole of the enemy's guns in their front, and dispersing the Sikhs wherever they were seen...
Página 3 - ... in religion, and for that reason, perhaps, his character was not by all parties fully appreciated, in the day in which his lot was cast. He was friendly, at the same time, both from feeling and principle, to all exterior gravity and decorum in sacred things ; and in his own public performance of the functions proper to the episcopal office, the commanding dignity of his person, the impressive seriousness of his manner, and the felicitous propriety of his utterance, gave the utmost effect and...
Página 199 - The slaughter of fugitives is unpleasant, but we are such a handful in the face of so wide a country and so large a force, that we should be swept away if we did not read our enemy a sharp lesson whenever we...
Página 265 - ... successful. The left brigade, under Brigadier Mountain, advanced under a heavy fire upon the enemy's guns, in a manner that did credit to the brigadier and his gallant brigade, which came first into action and suffered severely ; the right brigade, under Brigadier Godby, ably supported the advance.
Página 2 - His relations and friends, indeed, will always remember him with most reverential affection, and all who knew him, with respect. The poor will mourn him as a benefactor of no common generosity, and 'the blessing of him that was ready to perish...