Tales of the Scottish PeasantryR. Carter, 1847 - 321 pages |
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Page 7
... gives the highest relish to the charities of social life . The Cottage Fireside , a beautiful nar- rative , from the classic pen of the Rev. Henry Duncan , D.D. , author of the " Sa- cred Philosophy of the Seasons , " & c . , was ...
... gives the highest relish to the charities of social life . The Cottage Fireside , a beautiful nar- rative , from the classic pen of the Rev. Henry Duncan , D.D. , author of the " Sa- cred Philosophy of the Seasons , " & c . , was ...
Page 12
... give him notice . The scheme succeeded ; the boy was completely deceived , and during the whole time he remained in this family , the dread of the discoveries which the compass might make would not suffer him to conceal from his master ...
... give him notice . The scheme succeeded ; the boy was completely deceived , and during the whole time he remained in this family , the dread of the discoveries which the compass might make would not suffer him to conceal from his master ...
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... extorted from him a confes- sion of his intentions . These repeated instances of unbridled fury began now to give the good old man some un- easiness , and he expressed his apprehension of the desperate 16 MAITLAND SMITH .
... extorted from him a confes- sion of his intentions . These repeated instances of unbridled fury began now to give the good old man some un- easiness , and he expressed his apprehension of the desperate 16 MAITLAND SMITH .
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... give a full account of his life , we shall pass very slightly over those parts of his history which do not serve either to display the peculiar bent of his temper , or strongly to influence his future fate . When he had reached his ...
... give a full account of his life , we shall pass very slightly over those parts of his history which do not serve either to display the peculiar bent of his temper , or strongly to influence his future fate . When he had reached his ...
Page 56
... give apparently to his conduct the dignity of a saint , is not held up as an unequi- vocal proof that the frame of his mind was such as God would accept , or that his repentance was of that kind which " needeth not to be re- pented of ...
... give apparently to his conduct the dignity of a saint , is not held up as an unequi- vocal proof that the frame of his mind was such as God would accept , or that his repentance was of that kind which " needeth not to be re- pented of ...
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