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... apprehensions of possible evil did not destroy the pleasure which our lovely boy pro- duced . We called to remembrance the pro- mises of God to the faithful ; the assistances which he had afforded many of our friends in training 4.
... apprehensions of possible evil did not destroy the pleasure which our lovely boy pro- duced . We called to remembrance the pro- mises of God to the faithful ; the assistances which he had afforded many of our friends in training 4.
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Thomas Durant. which he had afforded many of our friends in training up their families ; and the happy success which ... affords , not merely my richest , but my only consolation , assures us , that , however immu- table the plans of the ...
Thomas Durant. which he had afforded many of our friends in training up their families ; and the happy success which ... affords , not merely my richest , but my only consolation , assures us , that , however immu- table the plans of the ...
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... affording me an opportunity of averting or correcting any evil that might have been threatened or produced - without begetting in his mind a notion that he might calculate on a rivalship betwixt the sternness of a father , and the ...
... affording me an opportunity of averting or correcting any evil that might have been threatened or produced - without begetting in his mind a notion that he might calculate on a rivalship betwixt the sternness of a father , and the ...
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... , he found great advan- tage from Saurin , whose Sermons of twelve volumes he read in French ; from Butler's Analogy , which he fairly studied ; and from other works which afforded materials for the exercise of his 22.
... , he found great advan- tage from Saurin , whose Sermons of twelve volumes he read in French ; from Butler's Analogy , which he fairly studied ; and from other works which afforded materials for the exercise of his 22.
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Thomas Durant. other works which afforded materials for the exercise of his vigorous understanding , as well as for ... affords for his recovery from sin , and his final happiness . We were anxious to put him in possession of a correct ...
Thomas Durant. other works which afforded materials for the exercise of his vigorous understanding , as well as for ... affords for his recovery from sin , and his final happiness . We were anxious to put him in possession of a correct ...
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