The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ...Harper & Brothers, 1834 - English literature |
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... answered Miss Jen- nett : " how can you say so , when you know that you struck me first , and that yours was the great blow , and mine the gentle tap ? " Such like defences they would all have made , though it was easy to perceive that ...
... answered Miss Jen- nett : " how can you say so , when you know that you struck me first , and that yours was the great blow , and mine the gentle tap ? " Such like defences they would all have made , though it was easy to perceive that ...
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... answer you ; I know that you only want to prove that you are wiser than I am , because you are older . Yet I don't know but some people may understand as much at thirteen years of age as others at sixteen . But because you are the ...
... answer you ; I know that you only want to prove that you are wiser than I am , because you are older . Yet I don't know but some people may understand as much at thirteen years of age as others at sixteen . But because you are the ...
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... answer my question . Did you get any thing by your quarrel ? " No , I cannot say , " answered Miss Sukey , “ that I got any thing by it ; for my mistress was angry , and punished me ; besides which , my hair was pulled off and my ...
... answer my question . Did you get any thing by your quarrel ? " No , I cannot say , " answered Miss Sukey , “ that I got any thing by it ; for my mistress was angry , and punished me ; besides which , my hair was pulled off and my ...
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... answered Miss Jenny : " the reason why you could not forgive your school - fellows when you tried to do it was because you attempted it in your own strength . " She then proceeded to represent to her , as Mrs. Teachum had before done ...
... answered Miss Jenny : " the reason why you could not forgive your school - fellows when you tried to do it was because you attempted it in your own strength . " She then proceeded to represent to her , as Mrs. Teachum had before done ...
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... answer some noble purpose . Set your heart , my dear child , to seek out such objects of pursuit as may , under God , render you both happy and useful . These are always to be found in every situation . There is always some poor baby to ...
... answer some noble purpose . Set your heart , my dear child , to seek out such objects of pursuit as may , under God , render you both happy and useful . These are always to be found in every situation . There is always some poor baby to ...
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Page 8 - I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Page 362 - None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. "And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
Page 18 - My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace ; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer.
Page 391 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 129 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 391 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 391 - But man dieth and wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 273 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Page 298 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 25 - Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is : brethren, to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hill of Sion. For there the Lord promised his blessing : and life for evermore.