Meditations collected from the sacred books
By: Samuel Richardson.
Contributors: Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.
Series: Richardsoniana ;; 15; The Life & times of seven major British writers
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.; Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 -- Religion.; Christian literature, English.
Other titles: Bible. O.T. English. Selections. 1976.
Notes: Reprint of the 1750 ed., printed for J. Osborn, London, under title: Meditations collected from the sacred books and adapted to the different stages of a deep distress, gloriously surmounted by patience, piety, and resignation, being those mentioned in The history of Clarissa, as drawn up by her for her own use ....
"Thirty-six meditations of Clarissa, only four of which are inserted in the history."
Includes selections from the Book of Job, the Psalms, the wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiasticus.