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... affections , remain to form an object of solicitude in such hallowed em- ployments . The sincerity with which I so often made that dedication , has now been put to a severe test ; and , though not without 66 strong crying and tears ...
... affections , remain to form an object of solicitude in such hallowed em- ployments . The sincerity with which I so often made that dedication , has now been put to a severe test ; and , though not without 66 strong crying and tears ...
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... affectionate heart and christian principle of his beloved mother ; who pos- sessed , in a high degree , almost every mental and moral excellency for which her son was afterwards so distinguished . I knew , from the experience of three ...
... affectionate heart and christian principle of his beloved mother ; who pos- sessed , in a high degree , almost every mental and moral excellency for which her son was afterwards so distinguished . I knew , from the experience of three ...
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... affection from both - and was not , I trust , wholly disap- pointed . 8+ We never employed the ordinary and vul- gar method of FRIGHTENING him into obe- dience . Nothing but ignorance and weakness will resort to expedients which produce ...
... affection from both - and was not , I trust , wholly disap- pointed . 8+ We never employed the ordinary and vul- gar method of FRIGHTENING him into obe- dience . Nothing but ignorance and weakness will resort to expedients which produce ...
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... into a sufficient probability to justify the perpetual attempt . We were equally anxious CONQUERED BY HIS OBSTINACY . NEVER TO BE As he was to reign only in our affections , our will , when once announced , was the law of the house . 12.
... into a sufficient probability to justify the perpetual attempt . We were equally anxious CONQUERED BY HIS OBSTINACY . NEVER TO BE As he was to reign only in our affections , our will , when once announced , was the law of the house . 12.
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... affection , all but Heaven . At these , above most other moments , we felt ourselves truly united , and , as forming part of " the whole family of heaven and earth . " Religion alone could so sublimate our do- mestic bliss . And William ...
... affection , all but Heaven . At these , above most other moments , we felt ourselves truly united , and , as forming part of " the whole family of heaven and earth . " Religion alone could so sublimate our do- mestic bliss . And William ...
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