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... hope , and it never disappointed us . When about two years of age , he was afflicted with an inflam- mation of the lungs , which rendered respi- ration difficult . Incapable of transferring so precious a charge to other hands , we sat ...
... hope , and it never disappointed us . When about two years of age , he was afflicted with an inflam- mation of the lungs , which rendered respi- ration difficult . Incapable of transferring so precious a charge to other hands , we sat ...
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... hope of subduing us : but after giving him two or three practical proofs of its ineffi- cacy , there never was occasion to speak twice . Why will any parents , to save themselves the pain of a momentary decision , encourage a practice ...
... hope of subduing us : but after giving him two or three practical proofs of its ineffi- cacy , there never was occasion to speak twice . Why will any parents , to save themselves the pain of a momentary decision , encourage a practice ...
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... hope that they will derive any material benefit from such minuteness . If not already aware that on these trifling circumstances much of the future character depends , I can scarcely cal- culate on finding among them a sufficient share ...
... hope that they will derive any material benefit from such minuteness . If not already aware that on these trifling circumstances much of the future character depends , I can scarcely cal- culate on finding among them a sufficient share ...
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... hope for and cal- culate on that influence , only as we added our endeavors to our supplications . The Nile , fed by the rains of distant mountains , rolls majesti- cally along in its course ; rises above , and spreads over , the face ...
... hope for and cal- culate on that influence , only as we added our endeavors to our supplications . The Nile , fed by the rains of distant mountains , rolls majesti- cally along in its course ; rises above , and spreads over , the face ...
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... hope full of im- mortality . He had never felt " the terrors of the Lord ; " for he had never known himself a sinner but in the light of those holy scrip- tures which , at the very moment of shewing him his condition , presented that ...
... hope full of im- mortality . He had never felt " the terrors of the Lord ; " for he had never known himself a sinner but in the light of those holy scrip- tures which , at the very moment of shewing him his condition , presented that ...
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