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... 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 - mistress , Kitty , " said her hus- band ; " you seem endowed with miracu- lous ...
... 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 - mistress , Kitty , " said her hus- band ; " you seem endowed with miracu- lous ...
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... poor woman not even raising her eyes to the questioner . " Can he not be persuaded to be indeed a father to his child ? Will he not take the boy under his care , when when you are gone ? " The poor woman wrung her hands , and then burst ...
... poor woman not even raising her eyes to the questioner . " Can he not be persuaded to be indeed a father to his child ? Will he not take the boy under his care , when when you are gone ? " The poor woman wrung her hands , and then burst ...
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... poor girl . She could think of noth- There came , at last , a day when Mrs. - as Mrs. Ross disappeared up the stairs with her husband . And , pacing the room , she threw up her arms , beat her breast , smote her forehead , and in other ...
... poor girl . She could think of noth- There came , at last , a day when Mrs. - as Mrs. Ross disappeared up the stairs with her husband . And , pacing the room , she threw up her arms , beat her breast , smote her forehead , and in other ...
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... Poor wife ! poor woman ! the happi- ness which had wrapped her about like an atmosphere of heaven , had fallen away from her ; she had believed she was lean- ing on an oak , but it had proved a reed , and bending under her , had pierced ...
... Poor wife ! poor woman ! the happi- ness which had wrapped her about like an atmosphere of heaven , had fallen away from her ; she had believed she was lean- ing on an oak , but it had proved a reed , and bending under her , had pierced ...
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... Poor child , she takes it all in earnest ; this letter invented by some wretch who lives in infamy . London swarms with these outcasts . " Tis true , my charity is well known ; every Sunday I distribute among the beggars two shillings ...
... Poor child , she takes it all in earnest ; this letter invented by some wretch who lives in infamy . London swarms with these outcasts . " Tis true , my charity is well known ; every Sunday I distribute among the beggars two shillings ...
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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,
Page 116 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Page 477 - You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear ; To-morrow 'ill be the happiest time of all the glad New year ; Of all the glad New-year, mother, the maddest merriest day; For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, I'm to be Queen o
Page 195 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his. countenance.
Page 104 - The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale; And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward...
Page 104 - Like silent-working Heaven, surprising oft The lonely heart with unexpected good. For you the roving spirit of the wind Blows Spring abroad ; for you the teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world; And the sun sheds his kindest rays...
Page 199 - I need not blush at recollecting the object of my choice ; and though my love was disappointed of success, I am rather proud that I was once capable of feeling such a pure and exalted sentiment.
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.