The two shoemakers [signed Z]. 6 pt. [in 1 vol.].1829 |
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... called , gave up all these points to his wife , and with them gave up the future virtue and happiness of his child . He was a la- borious and industrious man , but he had no religion ; he thought only of the gains and advantages of the ...
... called , gave up all these points to his wife , and with them gave up the future virtue and happiness of his child . He was a la- borious and industrious man , but he had no religion ; he thought only of the gains and advantages of the ...
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... called the main chance , instead of being careful to look out for a sober , prudent , and religious master for his son , he left all that to accident , as if it had been a thing of little or no consequence . This is a very com- mon ...
... called the main chance , instead of being careful to look out for a sober , prudent , and religious master for his son , he left all that to accident , as if it had been a thing of little or no consequence . This is a very com- mon ...
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... called him away from the business of his trade , to wash the house , nurse the child , turn the " spit , or run of errands . And here I must re- mark , that though parish apprentices are bound in duty to be submissive to both master and ...
... called him away from the business of his trade , to wash the house , nurse the child , turn the " spit , or run of errands . And here I must re- mark , that though parish apprentices are bound in duty to be submissive to both master and ...
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... called it . Jack did not dislike this part of the business , and ge- nerally , after he had delivered his parcel , wasted good part of the day in nutting , playing at fives , or dropping in at the public - house : any thing was better ...
... called it . Jack did not dislike this part of the business , and ge- nerally , after he had delivered his parcel , wasted good part of the day in nutting , playing at fives , or dropping in at the public - house : any thing was better ...
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... called him . In a violent passion , he immediately went to the Greyhound , where he now spent not only every evening , ( which he had long done ) , but good part of the day and night also . His wife was very dressy , extravagant , and ...
... called him . In a violent passion , he immediately went to the Greyhound , where he now spent not only every evening , ( which he had long done ) , but good part of the day and night also . His wife was very dressy , extravagant , and ...
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Page 50 - Let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon.
Page 67 - But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Page 68 - 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 68 - ... it come upon all them that are on the face of the earth." Will. Why, to be sure, if the second lesson was right, the song, must be wrong. Stock. I ran over in my mind also a comparison between such songs as begin with
Page 23 - Mr. Stock was too much moved to carry on the discourse ; he did not make himself known to the boy, but took him over to the baker's shop : as they walked along, he could not help repeating aloud a verse or two of that beautiful hymn, so deservedly the favorite of all children :— " Not more than others I deserve, Yet God 'hath given me more ; For I have food while others starve, Or beg from door to door.
Page 53 - ... improved every day in knowledge and piety, and of course grew more resigned to pain and infirmity. Some months after this, his hard-hearted father, who had never been prevailed upon to see him, or offer him the least relief, was taken off suddenly by a fit of apoplexy ; and, after all his threatenings, he died without a will.