The new cyclopædia of illustrative anecdote [by E.S.P.].1872 |
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... thought it lay on the ground , and , bending forward , took one step to recover it . But his foot trod on vacancy ; poised for a moment , he fell headlong . Chesterfield , who had listened with thrilling interest to Whitefield's graphic ...
... thought it lay on the ground , and , bending forward , took one step to recover it . But his foot trod on vacancy ; poised for a moment , he fell headlong . Chesterfield , who had listened with thrilling interest to Whitefield's graphic ...
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... thought most conducive to the improvement of his people . 66 5. John Wesley and the Officer . John Wesley once , when travel- ling , had for fellow - passenger in a coach an officer who was intelli- gent and very agreeable in con ...
... thought most conducive to the improvement of his people . 66 5. John Wesley and the Officer . John Wesley once , when travel- ling , had for fellow - passenger in a coach an officer who was intelli- gent and very agreeable in con ...
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... thought much about you 18. Train of Troubles . - A wor- lately . I have been much afraid for you . Things have gone ... thoughts . His house finally took fire ; and as he was carried out of the burning building he exclaimed , " Blessed ...
... thought much about you 18. Train of Troubles . - A wor- lately . I have been much afraid for you . Things have gone ... thoughts . His house finally took fire ; and as he was carried out of the burning building he exclaimed , " Blessed ...
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... thought it would not . The legacy supplied with water , which can was nevertheless transferred to him , in conformity with the will of the deceased . Some time after- wards , Mr. Booth went to the Bank of England , and , without saying ...
... thought it would not . The legacy supplied with water , which can was nevertheless transferred to him , in conformity with the will of the deceased . Some time after- wards , Mr. Booth went to the Bank of England , and , without saying ...
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... thought very wrong . He said he differed from me . On asking his reason , he stated that he was for- merly a great smoker , and on going to purchase some tobacco it was put up in a part of the Bible . One verse struck him very forcibly ...
... thought very wrong . He said he differed from me . On asking his reason , he stated that he was for- merly a great smoker , and on going to purchase some tobacco it was put up in a part of the Bible . One verse struck him very forcibly ...
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Page 543 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 229 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 363 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 18 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 329 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 19 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 196 - He married my sisters with five pound or twenty nobles a-piece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours; and some alms he gave to the poor, and all this he did of the said farm.
Page 477 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 479 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 488 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee...