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In the midst of the bustle he saw one woman only who never at . tempted to be of
the least use . She ran backwards and forward , wringing her hands , and crying
out in a tone of piercing agony , “ Oh , my child ! my little Tommy ! 66 Will no one ...
In the midst of the bustle he saw one woman only who never at . tempted to be of
the least use . She ran backwards and forward , wringing her hands , and crying
out in a tone of piercing agony , “ Oh , my child ! my little Tommy ! 66 Will no one ...
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He groaned piteously ; and was so swal . lowed up with a sense of his own
miseries , that he neither heard the door open , nor saw the gentlemen . He was
attempting to pray , but in an agony which made his words hardly intelligible .
He groaned piteously ; and was so swal . lowed up with a sense of his own
miseries , that he neither heard the door open , nor saw the gentlemen . He was
attempting to pray , but in an agony which made his words hardly intelligible .
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And when he saw his friend ' s good old - fashioned arm - chair in a warm corner ,
he gave a sigh to think how his own had been banished to make room for his
daughter ' s piano forte . Instead of made flowers in glass cases , and tea - chests
...
And when he saw his friend ' s good old - fashioned arm - chair in a warm corner ,
he gave a sigh to think how his own had been banished to make room for his
daughter ' s piano forte . Instead of made flowers in glass cases , and tea - chests
...
Page 100
Mr . Bragwell affected greatly to admire the good order of every thing he saw ; but
never forgot to compare it with something larger , and handsomer or better of his
own . It was easy easy to see that self was his standard of perfection 100 THE ...
Mr . Bragwell affected greatly to admire the good order of every thing he saw ; but
never forgot to compare it with something larger , and handsomer or better of his
own . It was easy easy to see that self was his standard of perfection 100 THE ...
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And whenever people refolve to go into company with this view , it is commonly
their own fault if fome opportunity of turning it to account does not offer . . . нз Не
US He saw Bragwell was intoxicated with pride , and THE TWO WEALTHY ...
And whenever people refolve to go into company with this view , it is commonly
their own fault if fome opportunity of turning it to account does not offer . . . нз Не
US He saw Bragwell was intoxicated with pride , and THE TWO WEALTHY ...
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Page 89 - ... all. You and I, master Worthy, have worked hard many years, and think it very well to have scraped a trifle of money together ; you a few hundreds I suppose, and I a few thousands. But one would think every man in these books had the bank of England in his 'scrutore.
Page 418 - For it is impoflible for thofe who " were once enlightened, and have tafted of the heavenly " gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghoft, and " have tafted the good word of God and the powers of " the world to come, if they fhall fall away, to renew them " again unto repentance ; feeing they crucify to themfelves " the Son of God afrefh, and put him to an open fhame.
Page 295 - Whether pity for us, or fear for themselves, wrought strongest, God knoweth ; probably the latter ; for the mob were wrought up to such a pitch of fury, that their...
Page 27 - Saunders to freedom, as a Pole or a South American, though I should be very glad to help them too. But one must begin to love somewhere, and to do good somewhere ; and I think it is as natural to love one's own family, and to do good in one's own neighborhood, as to any body else.
Page 1 - WILLIAM. MR. FANTOM was a retail trader in the city of London. As he had no turn to any expensive vices, he was reckoned a sober decent man, but he was covetous and proud, selfish and conceited. As soon as he got forward in the world, his vanity began to display itself, though not in the ordinary method, that of making a figure and living away ; but still he was tormented with a longing...
Page 114 - he that hateth his brother " is a murderer ;" and again, " love your " enemies, blefs them that curfe you, and ' ?' pray for them that defpitefully ufe you *
Page 398 - Blefled are the poor in fpirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 398 - ... our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
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| Title | The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4 The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Hannah More Volume 4 of The works of Hannah More, Hannah More |
| Author | Hannah More |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, 1801 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2006 |
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