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... mean , the alehouse . The acquaintance picked up in the street was car- ried on at the Greyhound ; and the idle pastimes of the boy soon led to the destructive vices of the man . He was not an ill - tempered youth , nor natu- rally much ...
... mean , the alehouse . The acquaintance picked up in the street was car- ried on at the Greyhound ; and the idle pastimes of the boy soon led to the destructive vices of the man . He was not an ill - tempered youth , nor natu- rally much ...
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... mean time , other apprentices will do well to follow so praise - worthy an example , and to remember , that the respectable master of a large shop and a profitable business , was raised to that creditable situation , without money ...
... mean time , other apprentices will do well to follow so praise - worthy an example , and to remember , that the respectable master of a large shop and a profitable business , was raised to that creditable situation , without money ...
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... due was this - he had observed tradesmen , and especially his old master , put off the day of pay- ment as long as they could , even though they had the means of paying in their power . This deceived THE TWO SHOEMAKERS . 25.
... due was this - he had observed tradesmen , and especially his old master , put off the day of pay- ment as long as they could , even though they had the means of paying in their power . This deceived THE TWO SHOEMAKERS . 25.
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Hannah More. the means of paying in their power . This deceived them ; for , having money in their pockets , they for- got it belonged to the creditor , and not to them- selves , and so got to fancy they were rich , when they were really ...
Hannah More. the means of paying in their power . This deceived them ; for , having money in their pockets , they for- got it belonged to the creditor , and not to them- selves , and so got to fancy they were rich , when they were really ...
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... mean time Mr. Stock's maid had made him a neat little suit of clothes out of an old coat of her master's . She had also knit him a pair of stockings , and Mr. Stock made him sit down in the shop , while he himself fitted him with a pair ...
... mean time Mr. Stock's maid had made him a neat little suit of clothes out of an old coat of her master's . She had also knit him a pair of stockings , and Mr. Stock made him sit down in the shop , while he himself fitted him with a pair ...
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Page 296 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 321 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 224 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 73 - 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 87 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 359 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure!
Page 85 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 121 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 143 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 132 - When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.