Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... humble origin and circumstances , who nevertheless , by per- severing industry and parsimony , had acquired a sufficiency to subsist on the fruits of their early toils : but the annals of their native village leave no tale on record ...
... humble origin and circumstances , who nevertheless , by per- severing industry and parsimony , had acquired a sufficiency to subsist on the fruits of their early toils : but the annals of their native village leave no tale on record ...
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... humble , and teach- able , when my will was not opposed , my opinions controverted , my convenience as- sailed , or my plans interrupted : but then I experienced an indefinite sensation , ac- companied by a transitory flush in the ...
... humble , and teach- able , when my will was not opposed , my opinions controverted , my convenience as- sailed , or my plans interrupted : but then I experienced an indefinite sensation , ac- companied by a transitory flush in the ...
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... humble rank . The air of comfort and of cheerfulness which pervaded this lowly dwelling , precluded the idea of its being the abode of preying anxiety and care . Every day I became more ambitious of the respect and good opinion of my ...
... humble rank . The air of comfort and of cheerfulness which pervaded this lowly dwelling , precluded the idea of its being the abode of preying anxiety and care . Every day I became more ambitious of the respect and good opinion of my ...
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... humble , but experienced Christian , expatiate on the hopes and con- solations of the Gospel ! affording an in- stance of the truth of the principle , that ' the foolish things of this world are often chosen to confound the wise , ' or ...
... humble , but experienced Christian , expatiate on the hopes and con- solations of the Gospel ! affording an in- stance of the truth of the principle , that ' the foolish things of this world are often chosen to confound the wise , ' or ...
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... humble channel met , on her part , with a sincere and happy reception , and so extended their benign influence be- yond the grave ! No sooner had her spirit taken its flight , than I abandoned myself to all the extravagance of grief . I ...
... humble channel met , on her part , with a sincere and happy reception , and so extended their benign influence be- yond the grave ! No sooner had her spirit taken its flight , than I abandoned myself to all the extravagance of grief . I ...
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Page 136 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 192 - he who ruleth his spirit is greater than he who taketh a. city," the rigid discipline and government, to which Mr.