Modern Eloquence, Volume 10Thomas Brackett Reed G.L. Shuman & Company, 1901 |
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... minister in the north of Scotland took to task one of his hearers who was a frequent defaulter , and was reproaching him as an habitual absentee from public worship . The accused vindicated himself on the plea of a dislike to long ...
... minister in the north of Scotland took to task one of his hearers who was a frequent defaulter , and was reproaching him as an habitual absentee from public worship . The accused vindicated himself on the plea of a dislike to long ...
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... minister's coal gratis , provided he would permit him to get his customary nap , which he said was truly necessary to him , on account of his incessant labors during the week . To this the minister assented , though only with the ...
... minister's coal gratis , provided he would permit him to get his customary nap , which he said was truly necessary to him , on account of his incessant labors during the week . To this the minister assented , though only with the ...
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... minister was riding through a section of the State of South Carolina , where custom forbade innkeep- ers to take pay from the clergy who stayed with them . The minister in question took supper without prayer , and ate breakfast without ...
... minister was riding through a section of the State of South Carolina , where custom forbade innkeep- ers to take pay from the clergy who stayed with them . The minister in question took supper without prayer , and ate breakfast without ...
Contents
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS | 27 |
BENCH AND BAR | 41 |
DOCTOR AND PATIENT | 61 |
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