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... and more able to cope with those difficulties which she had reason to expect
would be the result of her change of sentiment i As Mr . Barnwell was unable to
conjecture how long hd would be absent , he dismissed all his servants , except
the ...
... and more able to cope with those difficulties which she had reason to expect
would be the result of her change of sentiment i As Mr . Barnwell was unable to
conjecture how long hd would be absent , he dismissed all his servants , except
the ...
Page 134
Since that time my father has gone to London , and I do not expect him to return
in less time than eight or ten days . When he left me , he said with a determined
tone , Eusebia , remember that , although I may bear this venerable man ( looking
...
Since that time my father has gone to London , and I do not expect him to return
in less time than eight or ten days . When he left me , he said with a determined
tone , Eusebia , remember that , although I may bear this venerable man ( looking
...
Page 161
... and that he should expect no less than to hear I was become a saint . ... think of
placing me in a nunnery ; for that I would rather be turned out of doors , than be
imprisoned for life with persons with whom I could expect no kind of happiness .
... and that he should expect no less than to hear I was become a saint . ... think of
placing me in a nunnery ; for that I would rather be turned out of doors , than be
imprisoned for life with persons with whom I could expect no kind of happiness .
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As we cannot expect to hear regularly from you , and as we shall wish to know
how you spend your time in France , I beg you will minute every night the
occurrences of the day , especially the conversations in which you shall have
been ...
As we cannot expect to hear regularly from you , and as we shall wish to know
how you spend your time in France , I beg you will minute every night the
occurrences of the day , especially the conversations in which you shall have
been ...
Page 188
I expect that he will never suffer me to come near him any more . • I have already
told you , that I have frequently had an opportunity of hearing Mr . Lowe . Mr . Law
heard of it , and told my father that he was surprised at his letting me associate ...
I expect that he will never suffer me to come near him any more . • I have already
told you , that I have frequently had an opportunity of hearing Mr . Lowe . Mr . Law
heard of it , and told my father that he was surprised at his letting me associate ...
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Page 459 - O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, 'Behold your God!
Page 454 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 458 - He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Page 463 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 454 - And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Page 464 - All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Page 463 - If ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, "Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them!" And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
Page 457 - But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been of old, from everlasting.
Page 453 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 453 - ... but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the 7 P».
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| Title | Thornton Abbey: A Series of Letters on Religious Subjects ... |
| Author | John Satchel |
| Publisher | Williams & Whiting, 1809 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 468 pages |
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