The Chronicles of an Old Manor HouseReligious Tract Society, 1866 - 380 pages |
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... wife of his choice , and amused or employed himself as he best might , in superintending his affairs , and in the ordinary field sports to which country gentle- men in that day were addicted . It was whispered , perhaps certainly known ...
... wife of his choice , and amused or employed himself as he best might , in superintending his affairs , and in the ordinary field sports to which country gentle- men in that day were addicted . It was whispered , perhaps certainly known ...
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... who , whatever he might have been in the days of his youth , was at least decorous in those of his riper manhood . He lived joyfully with the wife he had chosen , and with the children who prattled at his knee , THE FUGITIVE . 13.
... who , whatever he might have been in the days of his youth , was at least decorous in those of his riper manhood . He lived joyfully with the wife he had chosen , and with the children who prattled at his knee , THE FUGITIVE . 13.
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... wife , " and have wished - oh how dearly ! -to know my husband's preserver . This will be a happy day in my memory , " she added , while the wearied traveller exerted himself to return thanks , in feeble and agitated tones , for the ...
... wife , " and have wished - oh how dearly ! -to know my husband's preserver . This will be a happy day in my memory , " she added , while the wearied traveller exerted himself to return thanks , in feeble and agitated tones , for the ...
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... wife were aroused . " You bring evil tidings in your looks , Father , " said Gilbert Nowell . 66 My alarm and concern must be my excuse for breaking in upon your privacy , " returned the intruder . " I have just left the chamber of our ...
... wife were aroused . " You bring evil tidings in your looks , Father , " said Gilbert Nowell . 66 My alarm and concern must be my excuse for breaking in upon your privacy , " returned the intruder . " I have just left the chamber of our ...
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... wife . " These are times in which error is rife , and the emissaries of the monk , Martin Luther , who is making such a stir in the world with his pretended Reformation , are known to be active in England . Remember , Eustace Lacy said ...
... wife . " These are times in which error is rife , and the emissaries of the monk , Martin Luther , who is making such a stir in the world with his pretended Reformation , are known to be active in England . Remember , Eustace Lacy said ...
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Page 368 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 370 - WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Page 127 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Page 126 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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.
Page 363 - Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison : 10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.
Page 59 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 208 - They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Page 335 - In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Page 290 - And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.