Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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Page 25
... once in three weeks . The busi- ness is extremely bad , but he has always managed to pay his poor old mother's rent , and leave her loaf of bread and one or two other necessaries when he goes away ; and Mrs. T. would say , " I likes to ...
... once in three weeks . The busi- ness is extremely bad , but he has always managed to pay his poor old mother's rent , and leave her loaf of bread and one or two other necessaries when he goes away ; and Mrs. T. would say , " I likes to ...
Page 27
... once did , to Mrs. T. , " I'm glad to see you lay pretty comfortable . " It was winter time , very keen , and she looked at me with surprise , and after musing for a while , said , " Well , you shall see ; but , " added she , " I don't ...
... once did , to Mrs. T. , " I'm glad to see you lay pretty comfortable . " It was winter time , very keen , and she looked at me with surprise , and after musing for a while , said , " Well , you shall see ; but , " added she , " I don't ...
Page 32
... once and evermore . " May we not hope- " Sister , we shall meet and rest , ' Mid the holy and the blest . " Upon the subject of religion I have found the grossest ignorance imaginable to prevail amongst the lowest classes . Numbers of ...
... once and evermore . " May we not hope- " Sister , we shall meet and rest , ' Mid the holy and the blest . " Upon the subject of religion I have found the grossest ignorance imaginable to prevail amongst the lowest classes . Numbers of ...
Page 35
... once confessed their inability . The proportion who can write is , as may readily be imagined , much smaller than the proportion who can read . Religious instruction , or indeed any instruc- tion , to be made intelligible to such ...
... once confessed their inability . The proportion who can write is , as may readily be imagined , much smaller than the proportion who can read . Religious instruction , or indeed any instruc- tion , to be made intelligible to such ...
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... once was . If it was then a lowest depth of degradation : - 66 Still in the lowest depth , A lower depth was found . " The following is an extract from the preliminary observations to my first Annual Report to the City Mission , 1845 ...
... once was . If it was then a lowest depth of degradation : - 66 Still in the lowest depth , A lower depth was found . " The following is an extract from the preliminary observations to my first Annual Report to the City Mission , 1845 ...
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