Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflectionsauthor annd sold, 1814 - 166 pages |
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... returned railing for railing , nor revenged the injury by the disgrace of another . " My poor old friend , " again repeated I , " your ease is yet more deplorable than I feared , when I first accosted you , for I find by your talk , you ...
... returned railing for railing , nor revenged the injury by the disgrace of another . " My poor old friend , " again repeated I , " your ease is yet more deplorable than I feared , when I first accosted you , for I find by your talk , you ...
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... returned I , " for he is a preacher of the truth , and I sincerely hope he will be made the savour of life , not death , to you , for one or the other must every preacher of the truth be made to his hearers . " As he still drew nearer ...
... returned I , " for he is a preacher of the truth , and I sincerely hope he will be made the savour of life , not death , to you , for one or the other must every preacher of the truth be made to his hearers . " As he still drew nearer ...
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... returned she . The poor woman was now seized with a violent fit of coughing , which was one of the disorders she had mentioned at the beginning of our conversation . I expressed my fears to a woman at a little distance that I had been ...
... returned she . The poor woman was now seized with a violent fit of coughing , which was one of the disorders she had mentioned at the beginning of our conversation . I expressed my fears to a woman at a little distance that I had been ...
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... returned she , " because they have each of them an allowance from friends , who knew them in their days of industry : and this enables them to purchase little comforts it cannot be expected the house should afford them . " 66 I felt ...
... returned she , " because they have each of them an allowance from friends , who knew them in their days of industry : and this enables them to purchase little comforts it cannot be expected the house should afford them . " 66 I felt ...
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... returned she , with a good humoured air , " go along ; I know you have been wishing to go to him for this hour past . She is , " continued she , after she was gone , 66 a sweet tempered child , and very useful in the house ; but the ...
... returned she , with a good humoured air , " go along ; I know you have been wishing to go to him for this hour past . She is , " continued she , after she was gone , 66 a sweet tempered child , and very useful in the house ; but the ...
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Page 85 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
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Page 130 - So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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Page 81 - Mark the observation," said he, " from the youngest present, only six years old ; for it explains the nature of prayer, of which, perhaps, some of you are ignorant. Many persons repeat words, who never prayed in their lives. My dear boy, I am very glad to find you were afraid to say to God what you could not say truly from your heart : but you may beg of him to give you submission to his will.
Page 81 - The little mourner hastily turned round, and looking at me, exclaimed, " I could not say, Thy will be done,
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Page 80 - I began experimentally to perceive our Lord's meaning, when he says, ' Except ye receive the kingdom of heaven as a little child, ye shall in no wise enter therein.
Page 81 - I took him by the hand, and pointing to his schoolfellows, "Mark this observation," said I, "from the youngest present, only six years old, for it explains the nature of prayer, of which perhaps some of you are ignorant ; many persons repeat words, who never prayed in their lives. My dear boy, I am very glad to find you were afraid to say to God what you could not say truly from your heart ; but you may beg of him to give you submission to...