The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and CommunistChatto and Windus, 1874 - 279 pages |
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... heard say he was a beautiful boy , with a face almost like a young woman's for purity and spirituality . He was so beautiful that some ladies and gentlemen staying at the Vicarage noticed him during church time , and said he looked like ...
... heard say he was a beautiful boy , with a face almost like a young woman's for purity and spirituality . He was so beautiful that some ladies and gentlemen staying at the Vicarage noticed him during church time , and said he looked like ...
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... heard to say to Mr. Freeman : " You will see , Freeman , that boy will go to the bad ; he will turn out a pestilent fellow , a freethinker and a democrat . Oh , I know the breed , with their cant about truth and the right ! He richly ...
... heard to say to Mr. Freeman : " You will see , Freeman , that boy will go to the bad ; he will turn out a pestilent fellow , a freethinker and a democrat . Oh , I know the breed , with their cant about truth and the right ! He richly ...
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... down at Trevalga ; but all that Joshua was ever heard to say of it was : " I thought only of what was right in the sight of God ; I never thought of man at all . " He did not however , repeat the experi- ment of 12 THE TRUE HISTORY OF.
... down at Trevalga ; but all that Joshua was ever heard to say of it was : " I thought only of what was right in the sight of God ; I never thought of man at all . " He did not however , repeat the experi- ment of 12 THE TRUE HISTORY OF.
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... heard or seen aught like it since , in church or chapel either ! And then he himself was so unlike other boys . He was so upright , so steadfast ! No one ever knew Joshua tell the shadow of a lie , or go back from his word , or play at ...
... heard or seen aught like it since , in church or chapel either ! And then he himself was so unlike other boys . He was so upright , so steadfast ! No one ever knew Joshua tell the shadow of a lie , or go back from his word , or play at ...
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... heard one of them give back a bad word , whatever the provocation , or say a loose one ; but the clergy of their several parishes scouted them , and stood at no evil to say of them . For they were not church - goers ; and that is always ...
... heard one of them give back a bad word , whatever the provocation , or say a loose one ; but the clergy of their several parishes scouted them , and stood at no evil to say of them . For they were not church - goers ; and that is always ...
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