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Page 290
Betty , after a life of vanity , was , by à train of misfortunes , brought to this very
alms - house ; and though she had taken no care by frugality and prudence to
avoid it , she thought rel it a hardship and disgrace , instead of be 290 STIS ALL
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Betty , after a life of vanity , was , by à train of misfortunes , brought to this very
alms - house ; and though she had taken no care by frugality and prudence to
avoid it , she thought rel it a hardship and disgrace , instead of be 290 STIS ALL
FOR ...
Page 291
At first she did not know Mrs . Simpson ; her large bonnet , cloak , and brown stuff
gown ( for she always made her appearance conform to her circumstances )
being very different from the dress she had been used to wear when Mrs . Betty
has ...
At first she did not know Mrs . Simpson ; her large bonnet , cloak , and brown stuff
gown ( for she always made her appearance conform to her circumstances )
being very different from the dress she had been used to wear when Mrs . Betty
has ...
Page 292
faid Betty ; “ why , you were born and bred “ a lady , and are now reduced to live
in “ an alms - house . ” - Betty , I was born « and bred a sinner , undeserving of
the « mercies I have received . " - “ No such “ great mercies , " said Betty . “ Why , I
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faid Betty ; “ why , you were born and bred “ a lady , and are now reduced to live
in “ an alms - house . ” - Betty , I was born « and bred a sinner , undeserving of
the « mercies I have received . " - “ No such “ great mercies , " said Betty . “ Why , I
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Page 293
So he does , Betty ; but he does it in « his own way , and at his own time , and 6
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 ...
So he does , Betty ; but he does it in « his own way , and at his own time , and 6
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
I do not “ fee , however , ” interrupted Mrs . Betty , " that your religion has been of
any use 6 to you . It has been so far from pre“ serving you from trouble , that I
think " you have had more than the usual 65 share . " No , " said Mrs . Simpson ; "
nor ...
I do not “ fee , however , ” interrupted Mrs . Betty , " that your religion has been of
any use 6 to you . It has been so far from pre“ serving you from trouble , that I
think " you have had more than the usual 65 share . " No , " said Mrs . Simpson ; "
nor ...
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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...