The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of Lincolnshire which is West of TrentLongman, Rees, Orme, & Company, 1839 - 463 pages |
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... residence . In the month of December , 1716 , this house was the scene of some dis- turbances which have never been satisfactorily accounted for . The family at first supposed that a trick was played upon them ; but not being able to ...
... residence . In the month of December , 1716 , this house was the scene of some dis- turbances which have never been satisfactorily accounted for . The family at first supposed that a trick was played upon them ; but not being able to ...
Page 196
... residence of her son , John , after the decease of her husband . He gives this account of her departure . " I sat down on her bedside . She was in her last conflict - unable to speak , but I believe , quite sensible . Her look was calm ...
... residence of her son , John , after the decease of her husband . He gives this account of her departure . " I sat down on her bedside . She was in her last conflict - unable to speak , but I believe , quite sensible . Her look was calm ...
Page 205
... residence at Wroot , his brother Charles , who had been elected from Westminster to Christ Church , meeting with two or three under - graduates whose inclinations and principles were as seri- ous as his own , they associated together ...
... residence at Wroot , his brother Charles , who had been elected from Westminster to Christ Church , meeting with two or three under - graduates whose inclinations and principles were as seri- ous as his own , they associated together ...
Page 218
... clergy bettered , and an efficient body of working and resident ministers raised up ; while at the same time the ac- tive tive zeal of the Methodist preacher is a powerful stimulant 218 HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF AXHOLME .
... clergy bettered , and an efficient body of working and resident ministers raised up ; while at the same time the ac- tive tive zeal of the Methodist preacher is a powerful stimulant 218 HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF AXHOLME .
Page 219
... resident clergyman . Now that Methodism has taken root in the land , and has in a great mea- sure become purified from some of its objectionable extravagances ; since the Methodists have refused to join with the political dissenters in ...
... resident clergyman . Now that Methodism has taken root in the land , and has in a great mea- sure become purified from some of its objectionable extravagances ; since the Methodists have refused to join with the political dissenters in ...
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Page vi - I will open my mouth in a parable ! I will utter dark sayings of old : Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Page 421 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, And never eateth with pleasure. They shall lie down alike in the dust, And the worms shall cover them.
Page 155 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 201 - They did so, and he took me out of the window. Just then the roof fell; but it fell inward, or we had all been crushed at once.
Page vi - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.
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