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... head - stone of the " Portioners " of our family , besides being swayed and sunk to one side , was all over - grown with scurf , so that I could scarcely read the names of my grandfather and grandmother , and their numerous chil- dren ...
... head - stone of the " Portioners " of our family , besides being swayed and sunk to one side , was all over - grown with scurf , so that I could scarcely read the names of my grandfather and grandmother , and their numerous chil- dren ...
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... heads . And then the rage of the Scotch for preaching -nothing but preaching ! Why , the very days of their Sacraments are called the " preaching days . " I mean merely to say that they lay far too much stress on the in- tellectual ...
... heads . And then the rage of the Scotch for preaching -nothing but preaching ! Why , the very days of their Sacraments are called the " preaching days . " I mean merely to say that they lay far too much stress on the in- tellectual ...
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... An elderly female , in the garb of a widow , was sitting near the fire , her hands clasped to- gether and resting on her knee , her head sunk on her breast , and her whole body rocking under silent but 12 OUR NEIGHBOURS .
... An elderly female , in the garb of a widow , was sitting near the fire , her hands clasped to- gether and resting on her knee , her head sunk on her breast , and her whole body rocking under silent but 12 OUR NEIGHBOURS .
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... head to feet in the fixed com- posure of the dead . As the matron ( probably a kind neighbour of the bereaved mourner ) advanced to me in silence , but with a questioning look , I quietly begged of her a little water . After I had drunk ...
... head to feet in the fixed com- posure of the dead . As the matron ( probably a kind neighbour of the bereaved mourner ) advanced to me in silence , but with a questioning look , I quietly begged of her a little water . After I had drunk ...
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... head ? You cannot ? Here , then , friend -I am anything but heavy - you must take me on your back . " The thief could not stand this . He fell down on his knees , and begged the old man's forgiveness . " Are you really in want ? " asked ...
... head ? You cannot ? Here , then , friend -I am anything but heavy - you must take me on your back . " The thief could not stand this . He fell down on his knees , and begged the old man's forgiveness . " Are you really in want ? " asked ...
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Page 214 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
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