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... knew when that letter had been cut . The present owner of the cottage was Adam Ayliffe , once a substantial , but now a reduced yeoman , well stricken in years , being at the time now spoken of not far from his sixty - eighth year . The ...
... knew when that letter had been cut . The present owner of the cottage was Adam Ayliffe , once a substantial , but now a reduced yeoman , well stricken in years , being at the time now spoken of not far from his sixty - eighth year . The ...
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... knew ; and was reverently content with that lot . These three were the sole occupants of the cottage : and Mrs. Ayliffe , being as one might say , neatness personified , felt a pride in keeping her pretty residence , in fitting order ...
... knew ; and was reverently content with that lot . These three were the sole occupants of the cottage : and Mrs. Ayliffe , being as one might say , neatness personified , felt a pride in keeping her pretty residence , in fitting order ...
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... knew little or nothing of what went on in his name , and professedly on his behalf ; and as for Ayliffe and his property , the Earl knew little more than that there was a small freeholder of that name living at a short distance from the ...
... knew little or nothing of what went on in his name , and professedly on his behalf ; and as for Ayliffe and his property , the Earl knew little more than that there was a small freeholder of that name living at a short distance from the ...
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... knew the estimation in which he was held by the latter ; who , however , for the sake of parish peace , exhibited a constrained but perfectly disinterested civility towards one who was invested with so much authority as enabled him to ...
... knew the estimation in which he was held by the latter ; who , however , for the sake of parish peace , exhibited a constrained but perfectly disinterested civility towards one who was invested with so much authority as enabled him to ...
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... knew to be entertained by his father . He resisted but very faintly the arguments of his new friend ; who , indeed , fairly staggered Ayliffe by asking him whether he thought that he did wrong , if he caught a hedgehog , a weasel , or a ...
... knew to be entertained by his father . He resisted but very faintly the arguments of his new friend ; who , indeed , fairly staggered Ayliffe by asking him whether he thought that he did wrong , if he caught a hedgehog , a weasel , or a ...
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Page 388 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 451 - ... to cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all his judgments ; to maintain the laws of " God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law...
Page 310 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 24 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 362 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 24 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 129 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 131 - ... truly try the issue joined between Our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, and would a true verdict give according to the evidence, so help him God!