The Ladies' Repository, Volume 30A. Tompkins., 1861 |
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... lady ! who is she ? did she send her card or name ? " " No , ma'am ; she's a poor body , small and sick - like ; she wants help , I guess . " " Like enough ; I'll go up in a mo- ment . " " What a pity you were not elected city poor ...
... lady ! who is she ? did she send her card or name ? " " No , ma'am ; she's a poor body , small and sick - like ; she wants help , I guess . " " Like enough ; I'll go up in a mo- ment . " " What a pity you were not elected city poor ...
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... lady here , has lent me the pretty things her little Mary used to play with . ' 64 " " ' What is your name , sissy ? ” Mary Raymond . " He was sure of it before ; his brother's Mary , all beauty and joy , and his own Mary lying in the ...
... lady here , has lent me the pretty things her little Mary used to play with . ' 64 " " ' What is your name , sissy ? ” Mary Raymond . " He was sure of it before ; his brother's Mary , all beauty and joy , and his own Mary lying in the ...
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... lady is right after all . It is of no use to catch these little fellows and deprive them of life for nothing , though I never thought so much about it before . I will give up the practice . " " That is a noble resolution , " said Mrs ...
... lady is right after all . It is of no use to catch these little fellows and deprive them of life for nothing , though I never thought so much about it before . I will give up the practice . " " That is a noble resolution , " said Mrs ...
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garden to the house . An old lady sat at the spinning - wheel singing a hymn , but she started up on seeing Mrs. Ray come in , and shook hands with her , and said she was glad that the lady had not forgot- ten her . Mrs. Ray might ...
garden to the house . An old lady sat at the spinning - wheel singing a hymn , but she started up on seeing Mrs. Ray come in , and shook hands with her , and said she was glad that the lady had not forgot- ten her . Mrs. Ray might ...
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... lady who would be altogether comme - il - faut , when , lo ! the manner assumes the inflexible dignity of military precision , and the lady - like courtesy subsides to a mere mili- tary salute . The color of the times has in- fected us ...
... lady who would be altogether comme - il - faut , when , lo ! the manner assumes the inflexible dignity of military precision , and the lady - like courtesy subsides to a mere mili- tary salute . The color of the times has in- fected us ...
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Page 382 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 382 - He that ruleth his spirit, is better than he that taketh a city,
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Page 499 - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Page 200 - The minister of Grassy soon afterwards died ; his stipend died with him; his daughter retired to Geneva, where, by teaching young ladies, she earned a hard subsistence for herself and her mother; but in her lowest distress she maintained a spotless reputation and a dignified behaviour.