Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflectionsauthor annd sold, 1814 - 166 pages |
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... occasion to lament the abuse of health , strength , and understanding ; but Providence was not answerable for those abuses . The second general observation I made was , the effect good morals produced on the temporal interest of my poor ...
... occasion to lament the abuse of health , strength , and understanding ; but Providence was not answerable for those abuses . The second general observation I made was , the effect good morals produced on the temporal interest of my poor ...
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... 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 the occasion in part , by leading her to talk too 11.
... 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 the occasion in part , by leading her to talk too 11.
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Harriet Corp. occasion in part , by leading her to talk too much . She came forward , as I hoped , with a kind inten- tion to assist her neighbour , who seemed to me nearly strangled ; but I was disappointed , for she assured me nothing ...
Harriet Corp. occasion in part , by leading her to talk too much . She came forward , as I hoped , with a kind inten- tion to assist her neighbour , who seemed to me nearly strangled ; but I was disappointed , for she assured me nothing ...
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... occasions by their discovery . After adjusting the business which chiefly led me to his house , I mentioned my visit to the work - house , and the short account given me by the widow of his predecessor , I also expressed my wish to hear ...
... occasions by their discovery . After adjusting the business which chiefly led me to his house , I mentioned my visit to the work - house , and the short account given me by the widow of his predecessor , I also expressed my wish to hear ...
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... occasion might numbers of the rich , the learned , and the great , find to blush in the company of this pious barber , while they saw his disposal of a few pence , heard the plain sense , the dictates of an enlightened reason , by the ...
... occasion might numbers of the rich , the learned , and the great , find to blush in the company of this pious barber , while they saw his disposal of a few pence , heard the plain sense , the dictates of an enlightened reason , by the ...
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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...