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... PRESENT , III . MRS . GRUMMERLY , IV . EDUCATIONAL , V. THE ART PRIZE , ... ... ... ... VI . THE WORKHOUSE BOY , VII . JEALOUSY , VIII . AMBITION , ... ... ... 9 18 29 37 48 64 75 90 ૐ ન IX . FAITHFULNESS , 104 ... X. PROGRESS , XI ...
... PRESENT , III . MRS . GRUMMERLY , IV . EDUCATIONAL , V. THE ART PRIZE , ... ... ... ... VI . THE WORKHOUSE BOY , VII . JEALOUSY , VIII . AMBITION , ... ... ... 9 18 29 37 48 64 75 90 ૐ ન IX . FAITHFULNESS , 104 ... X. PROGRESS , XI ...
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... in his workshop , considering himself rather flattered than otherwise by being compared to so distinguished an antiquary as “ Cousin Ralph . ” ( 689 ) 2 CHAPTER II . JOHN TOTTS'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT . OHN TOTTS JOHN TOTTS THE CARVER . 17.
... in his workshop , considering himself rather flattered than otherwise by being compared to so distinguished an antiquary as “ Cousin Ralph . ” ( 689 ) 2 CHAPTER II . JOHN TOTTS'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT . OHN TOTTS JOHN TOTTS THE CARVER . 17.
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... wife were busy all the morning in their hay , which had been cut a day or two before . As they drew near their house for the noonday > > This entry not so . meal , a strange sound fell on 20 JOHN TOTTS'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT .
... wife were busy all the morning in their hay , which had been cut a day or two before . As they drew near their house for the noonday > > This entry not so . meal , a strange sound fell on 20 JOHN TOTTS'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT .
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... articles of clothing and the wraps were of the very best materials ; and in a little shoe , which was tucked down at the foot of the basket , there was something done up in a piece of silver paper . They 22 JOHN TOTTS'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT .
... articles of clothing and the wraps were of the very best materials ; and in a little shoe , which was tucked down at the foot of the basket , there was something done up in a piece of silver paper . They 22 JOHN TOTTS'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT .
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... PRESENT , III . MRS . GRUMMERLY , IV . EDUCATIONAL , V. THE ART PRIZE , ... ... VI . THE WORKHOUSE BOY , VII . JEALOUSY , VIII . AMBITION , ... ... IX . FAITHFULNESS , X. PROGRESS , ... XI . THE COPY OF VERSES , XII . INTO THE WORLD ...
... PRESENT , III . MRS . GRUMMERLY , IV . EDUCATIONAL , V. THE ART PRIZE , ... ... VI . THE WORKHOUSE BOY , VII . JEALOUSY , VIII . AMBITION , ... ... IX . FAITHFULNESS , X. PROGRESS , ... XI . THE COPY OF VERSES , XII . INTO THE WORLD ...
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Page 35 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?1 This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 243 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Page 232 - All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Page 59 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing hath faculties Which he has never used, that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 191 - WHAT'S IN A NAME?" "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ...
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Page 95 - ... very despairing and another moment very sanguine. I cannot help it; I was made so. My father has been away for a few days, and yesterday I got a 'piece' from him on the subject of his consent.
Page 196 - the expulsive power of a new affection ; " that is, that he would try and fall in love with some other girl as soon as possible.
Page 125 - I have felt it to be a privilege as well as a duty to do any little service that lay in my power to such a man.