The Chronicles of an Old Manor HouseReligious Tract Society, 1866 - 380 pages |
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... remained ; and it is not pleasant even for a man whose conscience is asleep , or seared as with a hot iron , to be reminded by the presence of a companion in guilt that , at such and such a time , such and such a wrong was perpetrated ...
... remained ; and it is not pleasant even for a man whose conscience is asleep , or seared as with a hot iron , to be reminded by the presence of a companion in guilt that , at such and such a time , such and such a wrong was perpetrated ...
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... remained faithful when he was about forty years of age , at which time our narrative commences . It was on the afternoon of an autumn day , in the year 1534 , that Mr. Nowell rode out from the spacious courtyard of his manor house ...
... remained faithful when he was about forty years of age , at which time our narrative commences . It was on the afternoon of an autumn day , in the year 1534 , that Mr. Nowell rode out from the spacious courtyard of his manor house ...
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... remained some weeks unmolested , until the tide of perse- cution appeared , for that time , to be ebbing ; and then , with recovered health , he turned his steps towards his distant home . Meanwhile the Manor House had been the scene of ...
... remained some weeks unmolested , until the tide of perse- cution appeared , for that time , to be ebbing ; and then , with recovered health , he turned his steps towards his distant home . Meanwhile the Manor House had been the scene of ...
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... remained for a time in a state of great weakness . Several of the servants were also stricken down , one of whom - who happened to be the guide that had attended Eustace Lacy to his second place of refuge - died , after much suffering ...
... remained for a time in a state of great weakness . Several of the servants were also stricken down , one of whom - who happened to be the guide that had attended Eustace Lacy to his second place of refuge - died , after much suffering ...
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... remained concealed many weeks until he could safely return to his home . " " How know you this , Father , " demanded Dame Nowell , quickly . " From the mouth of that poor hind , the guide himself , who , when he lay dying a few days ago ...
... remained concealed many weeks until he could safely return to his home . " " How know you this , Father , " demanded Dame Nowell , quickly . " From the mouth of that poor hind , the guide himself , who , when he lay dying a few days ago ...
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added Alice Arthur Wildman asked brought called cause chamber CHAPTER Christ Christian Church Church of Rome cloth boards comfort confession cottage countenance Dame Helen Nowell Dame Nowell danger daughter dear death enemies England Eustace Lacy exclaimed eyes faith Father Felix Fcap fear forest former fugitive gentle gentleman Gilbert Nowell gospel guest hand hear heard heart Herbert Nowell heresy heretic horse husband ignorant journey lady land Lollard look Lord Margaret Master Herbert Master Salisbury Master Twycross mind mistress never Nowell's Old Manor House old nurse passed peace persecution poor pray prayers preacher priest Protestant Protestantism punish Queen rejoined replied returned Robert Brown Roger White Romish Scriptures seemed servant sorrow soul Spanish Armada speak spiritual spoken stranger suffered sure tell tenant things thought told traveller troubled true Westerham widow wife witnessed woman words young
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Page 334 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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