Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... once more in such a bad fit ; for I must own , ' added my poor husband , ' that the thought of your being so terribly ill without any help , is the only misfortune that I want courage to face . " " Here the grateful woman's tears ran ...
... once more in such a bad fit ; for I must own , ' added my poor husband , ' that the thought of your being so terribly ill without any help , is the only misfortune that I want courage to face . " " Here the grateful woman's tears ran ...
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Illustrating Human Life Hannah More. " tleman's bounty myself . But for once , sir , I would have my own way . For you must know , as I pass the best part of my time alone , tending my sheep , ' tis a great point with me , sir , to get ...
Illustrating Human Life Hannah More. " tleman's bounty myself . But for once , sir , I would have my own way . For you must know , as I pass the best part of my time alone , tending my sheep , ' tis a great point with me , sir , to get ...
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... once saw in the library at Salisbury palace , which the butler told me were acts of parliament ; and had that been the case , a poor man would never have had money to buy , nor a working man time to read the Bible ; and so Christianity ...
... once saw in the library at Salisbury palace , which the butler told me were acts of parliament ; and had that been the case , a poor man would never have had money to buy , nor a working man time to read the Bible ; and so Christianity ...
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... once . For it must have made him certain sure at once , that a religion which placed preaching salva- tion to the poor above healing the sick , which rank- ed the soul above the body , and set heaven above health , must have come from ...
... once . For it must have made him certain sure at once , that a religion which placed preaching salva- tion to the poor above healing the sick , which rank- ed the soul above the body , and set heaven above health , must have come from ...
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... to scamper about all at once , and in a moment ran to the window - seat to pick up their little old hats . Mr. Johnson looked surprised at this disturbance ; the shepherd asked his pardon , telling him 28 DOMESTIC TALES AND ALLEGORIES .
... to scamper about all at once , and in a moment ran to the window - seat to pick up their little old hats . Mr. Johnson looked surprised at this disturbance ; the shepherd asked his pardon , telling him 28 DOMESTIC TALES AND ALLEGORIES .
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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...