Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... church , and the Shepherd of the flocks on the plain , Now with transporting joys recount The labors of their feet . This volume is published with the assurance , that the reader , after the perusal , will testify that these " Domestic ...
... church , and the Shepherd of the flocks on the plain , Now with transporting joys recount The labors of their feet . This volume is published with the assurance , that the reader , after the perusal , will testify that these " Domestic ...
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... church , near that little tuft of hawthorns . " - " What , that hovel with only one room above and below , with scarcely any chimney ? how is it possible that you can live there with such a family ? " " O it is very possible , and very ...
... church , near that little tuft of hawthorns . " - " What , that hovel with only one room above and below , with scarcely any chimney ? how is it possible that you can live there with such a family ? " " O it is very possible , and very ...
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... church , for I went one part of the day , and my eldest daughter the other , so my poor wife was never left alone ; as I was coming out of church , I say , Mr. Jenkins , the minister , called out to me and asked me how my wife did ...
... church , for I went one part of the day , and my eldest daughter the other , so my poor wife was never left alone ; as I was coming out of church , I say , Mr. Jenkins , the minister , called out to me and asked me how my wife did ...
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... church nearest the house where he had passed the night ; and after taking such refreshment as he could get at that house , he walked on to find out the shepherd's cottage . His reason for visiting him on a Sunday was chiefly because he ...
... church nearest the house where he had passed the night ; and after taking such refreshment as he could get at that house , he walked on to find out the shepherd's cottage . His reason for visiting him on a Sunday was chiefly because he ...
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... church , as I came along . Let that little rosy - faced fellow fetch a mug of beer . " So saying , he looked full at the boy , who did not offer to stir , but cast an eye at his father to know what he was to do . " Sir , " said the ...
... church , as I came along . Let that little rosy - faced fellow fetch a mug of beer . " So saying , he looked full at the boy , who did not offer to stir , but cast an eye at his father to know what he was to do . " Sir , " said the ...
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Page 19 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 27 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 136 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 12 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 17 - It seems to be a practical comment on that text which says, the rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 117 - Let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon.
Page 136 - But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Page 151 - Giles and his boys stole regularly into her orchard, followed by their jack-asses. She was so deaf that she could not hear...