The Life of Lady Guion, Volume 1Abraham Shearman, 1805 - 374 pages |
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Page xxvii
... wanted to save M. Guion's life , by timely bleeding her . XVI . Her waiting maid endeavours to hinder her from going to her worship . Her mother - in - law continues to thwart her . Her prudent answer to her father thereupon . Her ...
... wanted to save M. Guion's life , by timely bleeding her . XVI . Her waiting maid endeavours to hinder her from going to her worship . Her mother - in - law continues to thwart her . Her prudent answer to her father thereupon . Her ...
Page 37
... wanted to go to confess , without saying any thing of it to any body but being so little , the mistress of the board- ers went with me . She was surprised to hear me be- gin with accusing myself of having entertained thoughts contrary ...
... wanted to go to confess , without saying any thing of it to any body but being so little , the mistress of the board- ers went with me . She was surprised to hear me be- gin with accusing myself of having entertained thoughts contrary ...
Page 38
... wanted courage to go immediately to Heaven . From this house I was soon after removed on ac-- count of my great and frequent indispositions . Being now returned home , my mother , little regarding me , left me to the care of domestics ...
... wanted courage to go immediately to Heaven . From this house I was soon after removed on ac-- count of my great and frequent indispositions . Being now returned home , my mother , little regarding me , left me to the care of domestics ...
Page 42
... wanted a little amuse- ment , he might entertain himself with me , and pro- pound some questions to me . He tried me with se- veral very difficult ones , to which I returned such per- tinent answers , that he carried me to the Queen ...
... wanted a little amuse- ment , he might entertain himself with me , and pro- pound some questions to me . He tried me with se- veral very difficult ones , to which I returned such per- tinent answers , that he carried me to the Queen ...
Page 43
... wanted to imitate them ; but the boards broke under me , and I fell into the frightful gutter , yet hanging by a little bit of timber , in such manner , that I was plunged in the filth , without being stifled with it : a figure of the ...
... wanted to imitate them ; but the boards broke under me , and I fell into the frightful gutter , yet hanging by a little bit of timber , in such manner , that I was plunged in the filth , without being stifled with it : a figure of the ...
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Page 210 - Israel, Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; . and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 223 - I have had before me as a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day a policy of true Canadianism, of moderation, of conciliation.
Page 116 - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon...
Page 210 - Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Page 261 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 328 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Page xxii - Let the woman learn in silence, with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 285 - And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, the multitude throng thee, and press thee, and sayest thou. Who touched me? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me : for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
Page 260 - The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Page 336 - For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am 1 in the midst of them.