Domestic Tales and Allegories: Illustrating Human LifeD. Appleton & Company, 1844 - 180 pages |
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... sure , sir , " replied the shepherd , " ' tis not a very lazy life ; but ' tis not near so toilsome as that which my GREAT MASTER led for my sake ; and he had every state and condition of life at his choice , and chose a hard one ...
... sure , sir , " replied the shepherd , " ' tis not a very lazy life ; but ' tis not near so toilsome as that which my GREAT MASTER led for my sake ; and he had every state and condition of life at his choice , and chose a hard one ...
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... sure of , and we are truly thankful for that , for a man must give , you know sir , according to what he hath , and not according to what he hath not . " " I am afraid , " said Mr. Johnson , " that your dif- ficulties may sometimes lead ...
... sure of , and we are truly thankful for that , for a man must give , you know sir , according to what he hath , and not according to what he hath not . " " I am afraid , " said Mr. Johnson , " that your dif- ficulties may sometimes lead ...
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... sure it is so too often . Now shoes and stockings being very dear , we could never afford to get them without a little contrivance . I must show you how I manage about the shoes when you condescend to call at our cottage , sir ; as to ...
... sure it is so too often . Now shoes and stockings being very dear , we could never afford to get them without a little contrivance . I must show you how I manage about the shoes when you condescend to call at our cottage , sir ; as to ...
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... sure that a few months would put me in possession ! Should I not say to myself frequently - Cheer up , shepherd , ' tis but till Christ- Now is there not much less difference between this supposed day and Christmas , when I should take ...
... sure that a few months would put me in possession ! Should I not say to myself frequently - Cheer up , shepherd , ' tis but till Christ- Now is there not much less difference between this supposed day and Christmas , when I should take ...
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... sure I should say it very heartily to - day , for I was thinking what must poor people do who have no salt to their potatoes ; and do but look , our dish is quite full . ” — “ That is the true way of thinking , Molly , " said the father ...
... sure I should say it very heartily to - day , for I was thinking what must poor people do who have no salt to their potatoes ; and do but look , our dish is quite full . ” — “ That is the true way of thinking , Molly , " said the father ...
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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...