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" Son William, I am weary of the world ; I would not live over my days again, if I could command them with a wish ; for the snares of life are greater than the fears of death. "
The Life of William Penn: The Settler of Pennsylvania, the Founder of ... - Page 97
by Mason Locke Weems - 1859 - 208 pages
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A Memoir of William Penn

1874 - 180 pages
...his own country, upon a serious reflection not long before his death, spoke to me in this manner: * Son William, I am weary of the world; I would not live my days over again if I could command them with a wish ; for the snares of life are greater than the...
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The Penns & Peningtons of the Seventeenth Century: In Their Domestic and ...

Maria Webb - 1877 - 460 pages
...to him, which he inserted in a subsequent edition of his No Cross, No Crown, is as follows : — " Son William, I am weary of the world ! I would not live over my days again if I could command it with a wish, for the snares of life appear greater than the fear of death. " It troubles me that...
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The Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 13

Anthologies - 1878 - 720 pages
...: " Son William, I am weary of the world. I would not live my days over again, if I could commence them with a wish : for the snares of life are greater than the fears of death. Son William, if you and your friends keep to your plain way of living, you will make an end of priests...
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The Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 13

Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Anthologies - 1878 - 726 pages
...: " Son William, I am weary of the world. I would not live my days over again, if I could commence them with a wish : for the snares of life are greater than the fearsof death. Son William, if you and your friends keep to your plain way of living, you will make...
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The Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 13

Anthologies - 1878 - 728 pages
...acquitted. On his return home his father was on a dying bed. The valiant old admiral said to him : " Son William, I am weary of the world. I would not live my days over again, if I could commence them with a wish : for the snares of life are greater than...
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Passages from the Life and Writings of William Penn, Collected by the Editor ...

William Penn - 1882 - 524 pages
...serious reflection and not long before his death, he spoke thus : " Son William, I am weary of the 9 G world. I would not live over my days again if I could...snares of life are greater than the fears of death. This troubles me, that I have offended a gracious God. The thought of this has followed me to this...
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Passages from the Life and Writings of William Penn

Thomas Pym Cope - Religion - 1882 - 526 pages
...serious reflection and not long before hts death, he spoke thus : " Son William, I am weary of the 9 G world. I would not live over my days again if I could...snares of life are greater than the fears of death. This troubles me, that I have -offended a gracious God. The thought of this has followed me to this...
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William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania

John Stoughton - 1882 - 392 pages
...given an account of his father's dying words in a late edition of the " No Cross no Crown " : — " ' Son William, I am weary of the world ! I would not live over my days again if I could command it with a wish, for the snares of life appear greater than the fear of death. This troubles me that...
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William Penn, the Founder of Pennsylvania

John Stoughton - 1882 - 394 pages
...given an account of his father's dying words in a late edition of the " No Cross no Crown " : — " ' Son William, I am weary of the world ! I would not live over my days again if I could command it with a wish, for the snares of life appear greater than the fear of death. This troubles me that...
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Passages from the Life and Writings of William Penn

Thomas Pym Cope - Pennsylvania - 1882 - 532 pages
...of the same month. At a time of serious reflection and not long before his death, he spoke thus : " Son William, I am weary of the world. I would not live over my days again if I cuuld command them with a wish ; for the snares of life are greater than the fears of death. This troubles...
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