Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... kindness . But , ' answered he , Mary , it is never out of my mind long together that we still owe a few shillings to the doctor , and , thank God , it is all we did owe in the world . Now , if I carry him this money directly , it will ...
... kindness . But , ' answered he , Mary , it is never out of my mind long together that we still owe a few shillings to the doctor , and , thank God , it is all we did owe in the world . Now , if I carry him this money directly , it will ...
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... kindness . As for honest Mary , who is not fit for hard labor , or any other out- of - door work , I propose to endow a small weekly school , of which she shall be the mistress , and em- ploy her notable turn to good account , by ...
... kindness . As for honest Mary , who is not fit for hard labor , or any other out- of - door work , I propose to endow a small weekly school , of which she shall be the mistress , and em- ploy her notable turn to good account , by ...
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... kindness and charity which every man is called to perform every day , and while he was contriving grand schemes , which lay quite out of his reach , he neg- lected the ordinary duties of life which lay directly before him . Selfishness ...
... kindness and charity which every man is called to perform every day , and while he was contriving grand schemes , which lay quite out of his reach , he neg- lected the ordinary duties of life which lay directly before him . Selfishness ...
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... kindness which was anxious to relieve the bodies of men , but was negligent of their souls . He stood in person to the new - born child , and observed with much pleasure , that Jenkins and his wife thought a christening , not a season ...
... kindness which was anxious to relieve the bodies of men , but was negligent of their souls . He stood in person to the new - born child , and observed with much pleasure , that Jenkins and his wife thought a christening , not a season ...
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... kindness is not consistent with universal philan- thropy . " Mr. Fantom drily observed , that he was not fond of jokes , and proceeded to read the letter . It expressed an earnest wish that his late master would condescend to pay him ...
... kindness is not consistent with universal philan- thropy . " Mr. Fantom drily observed , that he was not fond of jokes , and proceeded to read the letter . It expressed an earnest wish that his late master would condescend to pay him ...
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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...