The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ...Harper & Brothers, 1837 |
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... better without my visible presence with them . " It is easy to persuade a man when he wishes to be persuaded ; so I sent for my youngest daughter and her nurse , and wrote to a brother of Mrs. Gwynne to find a proper school for my son ...
... better without my visible presence with them . " It is easy to persuade a man when he wishes to be persuaded ; so I sent for my youngest daughter and her nurse , and wrote to a brother of Mrs. Gwynne to find a proper school for my son ...
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... better spoken of in public than in private , and sometimes the reverse : it being certain that the more largely an individual is spoken of in the world , the more difficult it often is to acquire a knowl- edge of what he really is in ...
... better spoken of in public than in private , and sometimes the reverse : it being certain that the more largely an individual is spoken of in the world , the more difficult it often is to acquire a knowl- edge of what he really is in ...
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... better of you than you deserve . Blessed and happy will that time be , my Francis , when your old uncle will really be what he now only seems to be in the eyes of those who love him best . " The good man gave me his hand as he spoke ...
... better of you than you deserve . Blessed and happy will that time be , my Francis , when your old uncle will really be what he now only seems to be in the eyes of those who love him best . " The good man gave me his hand as he spoke ...
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... better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning them . " - Eccles . vii . , 10. These are the words of Solomon , and prove that man was given to murmur nearly three thousand years ago just in the same key as is used by ...
... better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning them . " - Eccles . vii . , 10. These are the words of Solomon , and prove that man was given to murmur nearly three thousand years ago just in the same key as is used by ...
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... better . " " I am sure miss would not distress her hon- oured parents on any account . " " Dear miss , beg your kind niamma to give you her hand to kiss , then all will be well . " Now , my gentle reader , you will please to observe ...
... better . " " I am sure miss would not distress her hon- oured parents on any account . " " Dear miss , beg your kind niamma to give you her hand to kiss , then all will be well . " Now , my gentle reader , you will please to observe ...
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Page 147 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 73 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 320 - What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 320 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut doWn, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 313 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 323 - Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Page 332 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Page 168 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 172 - This spotless robe the same appears When ruined nature sinks in years ; No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new. Oh, let the dead now hear Thy voice ; Bid, Lord, Thy banished ones rejoice ; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness.
Page 147 - My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction : For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth,