Cottage comforts, with hints for promoting them1841 - 80 páginas |
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... given him to get changed . It was just at dusk that he took the money ; he wrapped it carefully in a piece of paper , and as soon as he got home , he counted it by the candle , to see that all was right ; when lo ! among it he found ...
... given him to get changed . It was just at dusk that he took the money ; he wrapped it carefully in a piece of paper , and as soon as he got home , he counted it by the candle , to see that all was right ; when lo ! among it he found ...
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... given to him instead of a silver shilling : away he ran back to the shop , with the money in his hand , and ... given me in mistake ; will you please to take it , and give me a shilling instead ? ' ' Certainly I will , ' returned the ...
... given to him instead of a silver shilling : away he ran back to the shop , with the money in his hand , and ... given me in mistake ; will you please to take it , and give me a shilling instead ? ' ' Certainly I will , ' returned the ...
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... given . 32. Now is the reader disposed to say , ' What a list of in- gredients in a good character ! What a string of prerequisites in order to the enjoyment of cottage comfort ! It is to be hoped they are not all necessary ! ' Well ...
... given . 32. Now is the reader disposed to say , ' What a list of in- gredients in a good character ! What a string of prerequisites in order to the enjoyment of cottage comfort ! It is to be hoped they are not all necessary ! ' Well ...
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... given to that effect must be sought in the due discharge of duties in their former relative situations . ' Cheerfulness or contentment . ' I need not waste many words here ; for you would not like to marry a person whom you could never ...
... given to that effect must be sought in the due discharge of duties in their former relative situations . ' Cheerfulness or contentment . ' I need not waste many words here ; for you would not like to marry a person whom you could never ...
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... given satisfaction , will readily recommend her to any friends she may have who put out their washing . A thoroughly good hand may almost always get employ ; and that kind of washing which is mostly put out is that which pays the best ...
... given satisfaction , will readily recommend her to any friends she may have who put out their washing . A thoroughly good hand may almost always get employ ; and that kind of washing which is mostly put out is that which pays the best ...
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Página 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Página 231 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart...
Página 231 - Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
Página 88 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Página 228 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.
Página 11 - I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.
Página 231 - How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against my God ?
Página 207 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Página 20 - I'll try if I can get it. Upon this he set down his basket in the road, and began to climb up the tree. He had half ascended, when, casting a look at his basket, he saw a dog with his nose in it, ferreting out the piece of kid's flesh.
Página 4 - HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. A NOBLEMAN travelling in Scotland, about six years ago, was asked for alms in the High street of Edinburgh, by a little ragged boy. He said he had no change ; upon which the boy offered to procure it. His lordship, in order to get rid of his importunity, gave him a piece of silver, and the boy conceiving it was to be changed, ran off for that purpose.