Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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Page xiv
... hundred poor people could be found attending public worship , who do not , more or less , frequently receive eleemosynary relief to induce them so to do . Thus , about one poor person in fifty occasionally attends public worship ; or ...
... hundred poor people could be found attending public worship , who do not , more or less , frequently receive eleemosynary relief to induce them so to do . Thus , about one poor person in fifty occasionally attends public worship ; or ...
Page xv
... hundred and fifty members of that House could each support a Missionary , without the slightest personal inconvenience or self - denial . It seems impossible that the truly converted soul should become acquainted with the facts con ...
... hundred and fifty members of that House could each support a Missionary , without the slightest personal inconvenience or self - denial . It seems impossible that the truly converted soul should become acquainted with the facts con ...
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... hundred years ago , St. John Street , upon one portion of which the district abuts , formed the northern boundary of London , and a battery and breastwork defended this entrance to the metropolis at the previous period of the civil wars ...
... hundred years ago , St. John Street , upon one portion of which the district abuts , formed the northern boundary of London , and a battery and breastwork defended this entrance to the metropolis at the previous period of the civil wars ...
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... hundred pounds , but they was always poor , as poor as he was , and hadn't a sixpence to bless themselves with . " * Sometimes the accounts I have received re- specting the formidable disturbances which once took place on my district ...
... hundred pounds , but they was always poor , as poor as he was , and hadn't a sixpence to bless themselves with . " * Sometimes the accounts I have received re- specting the formidable disturbances which once took place on my district ...
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... hundreds of Irish , with great sticks and pokers ; ever so many had been taken off to the hospitals wounded ; they was so spiteful , the shopkeepers put up their shutters , and the place was full of Irish , cutting and slashing like mad ...
... hundreds of Irish , with great sticks and pokers ; ever so many had been taken off to the hospitals wounded ; they was so spiteful , the shopkeepers put up their shutters , and the place was full of Irish , cutting and slashing like mad ...
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