Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflectionsauthor annd sold, 1814 - 166 pages |
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Page 4
... never have caught the rheumatis , and lost the use of my limbs , if I had'nt comed here . " " You forget your age , " said another old man standing near , " he's ten years older than I am , and I'm the age of man . What a discontented ...
... never have caught the rheumatis , and lost the use of my limbs , if I had'nt comed here . " " You forget your age , " said another old man standing near , " he's ten years older than I am , and I'm the age of man . What a discontented ...
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... never the better for it ; so we went on for about five years , when Humphrey Preach set up against us , as I said , right over the way , and got all the business , and he was'nt to be blamed for that , if one won't work another must ...
... never the better for it ; so we went on for about five years , when Humphrey Preach set up against us , as I said , right over the way , and got all the business , and he was'nt to be blamed for that , if one won't work another must ...
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... never value her the less for her shape being somewhat different from their own : and that especially God would not disregard her , since he looked only on the beauty of the soul , and had most probably permitted this deformity of body ...
... never value her the less for her shape being somewhat different from their own : and that especially God would not disregard her , since he looked only on the beauty of the soul , and had most probably permitted this deformity of body ...
Page 15
... never live to grow up , on account of her make , and she is very ailing sometimes already . Gaffer , as she calls him , is an old blind fisher - man , who nets fishing or garden nets , and sings psalms from morning to night , except ...
... never live to grow up , on account of her make , and she is very ailing sometimes already . Gaffer , as she calls him , is an old blind fisher - man , who nets fishing or garden nets , and sings psalms from morning to night , except ...
Page 25
... never be forgotten , that although God sometimes converts the sinner by an act of sovereign grace , there is no warrant in his blessed word to expect it . Having both in spiritual and temporal affairs , used with thankfulness the means ...
... never be forgotten , that although God sometimes converts the sinner by an act of sovereign grace , there is no warrant in his blessed word to expect it . Having both in spiritual and temporal affairs , used with thankfulness the means ...
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