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He felt a general sense of discontent at what he was , with a general ambition to
be something which he was not ; but this desire had not yet turned ( itself to any
particular object . It was not by his money he could hope to be distinguished , for
...
He felt a general sense of discontent at what he was , with a general ambition to
be something which he was not ; but this desire had not yet turned ( itself to any
particular object . It was not by his money he could hope to be distinguished , for
...
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its poor hammock , and brought him down naked in his arms : and as he gave
him to the half - distracted mother , he felt that her joy and gratitude would have
been no bad pay for the danger he had run , even if no higher motive had set him
to ...
its poor hammock , and brought him down naked in his arms : and as he gave
him to the half - distracted mother , he felt that her joy and gratitude would have
been no bad pay for the danger he had run , even if no higher motive had set him
to ...
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At the door hemet Mrs . Fantom returning from her visit . He told her his tale ;
which she had no sooner heard , than the kindly refolved to accompany him in
search of Jenkins ' s D 2 wife . She had a wide common to walk over. wife . felt 6
such ...
At the door hemet Mrs . Fantom returning from her visit . He told her his tale ;
which she had no sooner heard , than the kindly refolved to accompany him in
search of Jenkins ' s D 2 wife . She had a wide common to walk over. wife . felt 6
such ...
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... who was distressed to know what was become of his wife and child ; for having
heard that they were feen going towards Mr . Fantom ' s , he despaired of any
affist , ance from that quarter . : Mr . Trueman 0 felt no small fatisfaction in uniting
...
... who was distressed to know what was become of his wife and child ; for having
heard that they were feen going towards Mr . Fantom ' s , he despaired of any
affist , ance from that quarter . : Mr . Trueman 0 felt no small fatisfaction in uniting
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felt no small fatisfaction in uniting this poor ' man to his little family . There was
something very moving in this meet . ing , and in the pious gratitude they ex ,
pressed for their deliverance . They seemed to forget they had lost their all , in the
joy ...
felt no small fatisfaction in uniting this poor ' man to his little family . There was
something very moving in this meet . ing , and in the pious gratitude they ex ,
pressed for their deliverance . They seemed to forget they had lost their all , in the
joy ...
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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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