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... aunt , scarcely less dear to each of us than his mother had been , made up our trio , after the melan- choly day that took from us " the desire of our eyes with a stroke . " When it pleased God to remove her , in 1818 , we daily met ...
... aunt , scarcely less dear to each of us than his mother had been , made up our trio , after the melan- choly day that took from us " the desire of our eyes with a stroke . " When it pleased God to remove her , in 1818 , we daily met ...
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... aunt , and he , and I bowed together be- fore the throne of grace - mingling our joys and sorrows for the last time . Oh ! had we known , or even conjectured as , in the slightest degree , probable , what events were to follow so soon ...
... aunt , and he , and I bowed together be- fore the throne of grace - mingling our joys and sorrows for the last time . Oh ! had we known , or even conjectured as , in the slightest degree , probable , what events were to follow so soon ...
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... to you your dear papa , and me , and aunt , and other friends ; in giving you health , opportunity for learn- * I do not pretend to give his very words : such was the im- port of his advice . his face in 4 They were ing , & c c 5 33.
... to you your dear papa , and me , and aunt , and other friends ; in giving you health , opportunity for learn- * I do not pretend to give his very words : such was the im- port of his advice . his face in 4 They were ing , & c c 5 33.
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... aunt , his mother , and myself . On no occasion could he be prevailed upon , even to his last hour , to take a part beyond that of reading the scriptures , or of reciting a hymn , in the devotional exercises of the family . It was , I ...
... aunt , his mother , and myself . On no occasion could he be prevailed upon , even to his last hour , to take a part beyond that of reading the scriptures , or of reciting a hymn , in the devotional exercises of the family . It was , I ...
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... aunt and myself de vised every method in our power to keep him in action during the intervals of his study . These means were quite effectual ; and no parents were ever blest with a child possessing ` a more robust and healthy ...
... aunt and myself de vised every method in our power to keep him in action during the intervals of his study . These means were quite effectual ; and no parents were ever blest with a child possessing ` a more robust and healthy ...
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