The Works of Hannah More ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4A. Strahan, 1801 - Education |
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Page 290
... Betty , who had formerly been lady's maid at the nobleman's house in the village of which Mrs. Simpfon's father had been minifter . Betty , after a life of vanity , was , by a train of misfor- tunes , brought to this very alms - houfe ...
... Betty , who had formerly been lady's maid at the nobleman's house in the village of which Mrs. Simpfon's father had been minifter . Betty , after a life of vanity , was , by a train of misfor- tunes , brought to this very alms - houfe ...
Page 291
... Betty , " re- plied Mrs. Simpfon , " why Providence has " provided this refuge for my old age . " And my heart overflows with gratitude " when I look back on his goodness . " - " No fuch great goodness , methinks , " faid U 2 faid Betty ...
... Betty , " re- plied Mrs. Simpfon , " why Providence has " provided this refuge for my old age . " And my heart overflows with gratitude " when I look back on his goodness . " - " No fuch great goodness , methinks , " faid U 2 faid Betty ...
Page 292
... Betty , I was born and bred a finner , undeferving of the " mercies I have received . " " No fuch great mercies , " faid Betty . " Why , I " heard you had been turned out of doors ; " that your husband had broke ; and that you had been ...
... Betty , I was born and bred a finner , undeferving of the " mercies I have received . " " No fuch great mercies , " faid Betty . " Why , I " heard you had been turned out of doors ; " that your husband had broke ; and that you had been ...
Page 293
... Betty ; but he does it in " his own way , and at his own time , and " not according to our notions of good and evil ; for his ways are not as our ways . " God , indeed , punishes the bad and re- " wards the good ; but he does not do it ...
... Betty ; but he does it in " his own way , and at his own time , and " not according to our notions of good and evil ; for his ways are not as our ways . " God , indeed , punishes the bad and re- " wards the good ; but he does not do it ...
Page 295
... Betty , " that your religion has been of any use " to you . It has been fo far from pre- ferving you from trouble , that I think cc 66 you have had more than the usual " fhare . " " No , " faid Mrs. Simpfon ; " nor did " Christianity ...
... Betty , " that your religion has been of any use " to you . It has been fo far from pre- ferving you from trouble , that I think cc 66 you have had more than the usual " fhare . " " No , " faid Mrs. Simpfon ; " nor did " Christianity ...
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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...