Recollections of childhood; or Sally, the faithful nurse, by PrimogenitaHatchard and son, Seeley, Rivingtons, 1840 - 125 pages |
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... occasion , when they took me home in their carriage , after a visit to them , that I sat as forward as possible , on the ... occasions . Certainly it was only my return to their judicious and steady management , that counteracted the ill ...
... occasion , when they took me home in their carriage , after a visit to them , that I sat as forward as possible , on the ... occasions . Certainly it was only my return to their judicious and steady management , that counteracted the ill ...
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... occasion in particular I remember , when I wandered round with old Hannah as my guard : I suppose no one else was at liberty . Now old Hannah was a short fat old market woman , with a re- gular cotton bedgown , and a broad flat hat ...
... occasion in particular I remember , when I wandered round with old Hannah as my guard : I suppose no one else was at liberty . Now old Hannah was a short fat old market woman , with a re- gular cotton bedgown , and a broad flat hat ...
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... occasion , when she was to appear in her best , she let me dress her as I called it . Her best gown was a tabinet , a sort of tea colour , the gift probably of her mistress . Now gowns at that time of day were gowns ; they fastened in ...
... occasion , when she was to appear in her best , she let me dress her as I called it . Her best gown was a tabinet , a sort of tea colour , the gift probably of her mistress . Now gowns at that time of day were gowns ; they fastened in ...
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... occasion , she set us off to the best advantage . Our dear parents , I rather think for our sakes , entered but little into society , but I can remember once or twice , the curtains being drawn , and the candles lighted in the best ...
... occasion , she set us off to the best advantage . Our dear parents , I rather think for our sakes , entered but little into society , but I can remember once or twice , the curtains being drawn , and the candles lighted in the best ...
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... . It so happened there was company to dinner , a cir- cumstance of rare occurrence . On such occasions , we children appeared after dinner ; but it seemed a time that would never come , and very tedious was the interval OF CHILDHOOD . 31.
... . It so happened there was company to dinner , a cir- cumstance of rare occurrence . On such occasions , we children appeared after dinner ; but it seemed a time that would never come , and very tedious was the interval OF CHILDHOOD . 31.
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Page 123 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 29 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 8 - Be ever gentle with the children God has given you ; watch over them constantly; reprove them earnestly, but not in anger. In the forcible language of Scripture, " Be not bitter against them.
Page 114 - Dew-drops at day-spring on a seraph's locks, Roses that bathe about the well of life, Young Loves, young Hopes, dancing on Morning's cheek Gems leaping in the coronet of Love ! So beautiful, so full of life, they seemed As made entire of beams of angels
Page 105 - Author if godliness alone were the exception — if it were not 'profitable for the life that now is, as well as for that which is to come' !" "They make that work the other way, don't they?
Page 8 - Adversity may wither them, sickness may fade, a cold world may frown on them, but amidst all let memory carry them back to a home where the law of kindness reigned, where the mother's reproving eye was moistened with a tear, and the father frowned "more in sorrow...
Page 1 - ... in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them...
Page 25 - holy Name for all His servants departed this life in His faith and fear...
Page 12 - t is a Christian dieth : Up, where blessed saints rejoice, Ransomed now, the spirit flieth: High in Heaven's own light she dwelleth , Full the song of triumph swelleth : Freed from earth, and earthly failing, Lift for her no voice of wailing.
Page 76 - But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.