Tales of the TownJames Burns, 1843 - 255 páginas |
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... heard the little girl , who commonly waited upon her , announce , on the present occasion , the arrival of Mrs. Dewis . As soon as she was seated , the widow kindly remarked that Mrs. Howard was looking wonderfully well , and requested ...
... heard the little girl , who commonly waited upon her , announce , on the present occasion , the arrival of Mrs. Dewis . As soon as she was seated , the widow kindly remarked that Mrs. Howard was looking wonderfully well , and requested ...
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... heard things at different periods which made him think there were other trades quite as pleasant , although , perhaps , not so lucrative , as spin- ning and weaving ; and convinced him there were modes of torturing humanity , besides ...
... heard things at different periods which made him think there were other trades quite as pleasant , although , perhaps , not so lucrative , as spin- ning and weaving ; and convinced him there were modes of torturing humanity , besides ...
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... heard . Some few days after these reports first reached him , Bradwell met the Roberts ' at the vicarage ; and during the evening dis- covered Millicent so very agreeable , that he said little to any one else . On taking leave of her at ...
... heard . Some few days after these reports first reached him , Bradwell met the Roberts ' at the vicarage ; and during the evening dis- covered Millicent so very agreeable , that he said little to any one else . On taking leave of her at ...
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... heard Mr. Milles say , that one of the reasons which prevent clergymen having the daily service in their churches is , they are so much engaged in the way of serving tables , ' that they have not time nor strength to pray and minister ...
... heard Mr. Milles say , that one of the reasons which prevent clergymen having the daily service in their churches is , they are so much engaged in the way of serving tables , ' that they have not time nor strength to pray and minister ...
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... heard so often of Mr. Neale's stinginess and covetousness , that I must say I partially believed it ; and when I called this morning to ask whether he would assist us in building the school , had little expectation of obtaining more ...
... heard so often of Mr. Neale's stinginess and covetousness , that I must say I partially believed it ; and when I called this morning to ask whether he would assist us in building the school , had little expectation of obtaining more ...
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Página 215 - Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Página 192 - Hooker that he thought himself bound in conscience to believe all that she said ; so that the good man came to be persuaded by her " that he was a man of a tender constitution, and that it was best for him to have a wife, that might prove a nurse to him, such a one as might both prolong his life and make it more comfortable, and such a one she could and would provide for him, if he thought fit to marry.
Página 146 - I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ Himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof.
Página 81 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk That Cristes gospel gladly wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite...
Página 157 - And the curate that ministereth in every parish church or chapel, being at home and not being otherwise reasonably hindered, shall say the same in the parish church or chapel where he ministereth, and shall cause a bell to be tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word and to pray with him.
Página 35 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Página 238 - The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to his holiness. Nay then, farewell! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Página 194 - You are now a minister's wife, and must now so far forget your father's house as not to claim a precedence of any of your parishioners, for you are to know that a priest's wife can challenge no precedence or place, but that which she purchases by her obliging humility ; and I am sure places so purchased do best become them. And let me tell you, that I am so good a herald as to assure you that this is truth.
Página 252 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Página 193 - Cranmer, took a journey to see their tutor ; where they found him with a book in his hand (it was the Odes of Horace), he being then, like humble and innocent Abel, tending his small allotment of sheep in a common field, which he told his pupils he was forced to do then, for that his servant was gone home to dine, and assist his wife to do some necessary household business. When his servant returned and released him, then his two pupils attended him unto his house, where their best entertainment...