The Country and Church of the Cheeryble BrothersGeorge Lewis & Son, 1893 - 406 pages |
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... called . " I have very cordially to acknowledge the courteous readiness with which J. Grant Lawson , Esq . , M.P. , gave me access to the art treasures in his possession , and thus enabled me to place likenesses of the venerable parents ...
... called . " I have very cordially to acknowledge the courteous readiness with which J. Grant Lawson , Esq . , M.P. , gave me access to the art treasures in his possession , and thus enabled me to place likenesses of the venerable parents ...
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... . Of deer , in former ages , we had quite enough . Now we have some- thing more useful . As for the chimney - stalks , we don't complain of them . They are what a facetious native , during the cotton famine , called the ' lilies of the.
... . Of deer , in former ages , we had quite enough . Now we have some- thing more useful . As for the chimney - stalks , we don't complain of them . They are what a facetious native , during the cotton famine , called the ' lilies of the.
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William Hume Elliot. the cotton famine , called the ' lilies of the valley . ' Un- fortunately , now , as then , too many of them ' toil not , neither do they spin . ' " " So I understand . But you energetic Lancashire folk have had good ...
William Hume Elliot. the cotton famine , called the ' lilies of the valley . ' Un- fortunately , now , as then , too many of them ' toil not , neither do they spin . ' " " So I understand . But you energetic Lancashire folk have had good ...
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... called Musbury Tor1 ( 1115 feet ) . It was the " Laund , " or specially preserved hunting - ground , to furnish the table of kings and nobles in ancient royal forest days . Its boundaries marched with Holcombe Forest on the one hand and ...
... called Musbury Tor1 ( 1115 feet ) . It was the " Laund , " or specially preserved hunting - ground , to furnish the table of kings and nobles in ancient royal forest days . Its boundaries marched with Holcombe Forest on the one hand and ...
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... or Shuttleworth , the bluff hill end called Windy Arbour protrudes - concealing Horncliffe ridge , long noted for its flags and slates , with Cliff Towers gracefully commanding the. 12 THE COUNTRY OF THE CHEERYBLE BROTHERS .
... or Shuttleworth , the bluff hill end called Windy Arbour protrudes - concealing Horncliffe ridge , long noted for its flags and slates , with Cliff Towers gracefully commanding the. 12 THE COUNTRY OF THE CHEERYBLE BROTHERS .
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Page 97 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward. "Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.