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Page iv
... of much unpleasant attention and remark . He is instructed at home . This note , under such circumstances , may appear unnecessary . If so , I beg the reader's indulgence . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . PURPOSING to write a vi CONTENTS .
... of much unpleasant attention and remark . He is instructed at home . This note , under such circumstances , may appear unnecessary . If so , I beg the reader's indulgence . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . PURPOSING to write a vi CONTENTS .
Page xi
... remark respecting the origin and progress of the Society , and the character of the agents employed , next let us just glance at the work before it . From statistics , very carefully collected , five years since , by the City Mission ...
... remark respecting the origin and progress of the Society , and the character of the agents employed , next let us just glance at the work before it . From statistics , very carefully collected , five years since , by the City Mission ...
Page 7
... remarks very truly : — : - " It is little known to what an extent of disease , insult , and every kind of outrageous and disgusting conduct , those are exposed who devote themselves to visiting in such districts . " It cannot be ...
... remarks very truly : — : - " It is little known to what an extent of disease , insult , and every kind of outrageous and disgusting conduct , those are exposed who devote themselves to visiting in such districts . " It cannot be ...
Page 8
... remark to the writer , and said , he was once riotous and dissipated , but had learned better now . I inquired how he had become changed . " I have cause to bless God , " said the man , whom I understood to have become a member of ...
... remark to the writer , and said , he was once riotous and dissipated , but had learned better now . I inquired how he had become changed . " I have cause to bless God , " said the man , whom I understood to have become a member of ...
Page 14
... remarked , in illustration of his truthful sentiment respecting dishonesty , that there was " no luck in it , " that he had had lots of money , but it all went , to use his own expres- sion , " nobody hardly knows how ; " and he added ...
... remarked , in illustration of his truthful sentiment respecting dishonesty , that there was " no luck in it , " that he had had lots of money , but it all went , to use his own expres- sion , " nobody hardly knows how ; " and he added ...
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