The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in the United States ...Harper & Brothers, 1834 |
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... girls were much terrified by the harsh language of their neighbours ; and their trouble was not a little in- creased by the whisperings of Inbred - Sin , who would have it that they were running themselves into a thou- sand needless ...
... girls were much terrified by the harsh language of their neighbours ; and their trouble was not a little in- creased by the whisperings of Inbred - Sin , who would have it that they were running themselves into a thou- sand needless ...
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... girls to work the laws of the school with their needle upon pieces of satin , while he ordered Humble Mind to copy them on vellum ; which having finished , they received their master's directions to bind them upon their hearts . CHAPTER ...
... girls to work the laws of the school with their needle upon pieces of satin , while he ordered Humble Mind to copy them on vellum ; which having finished , they received their master's directions to bind them upon their hearts . CHAPTER ...
Page 158
... girl exceedingly , fancying that he discovered in her some resemblance to his beloved Peace : and I heard that he endeavoured to instruct her , as he had been accustomed to instruct his departed little sister . After proceeding thus for ...
... girl exceedingly , fancying that he discovered in her some resemblance to his beloved Peace : and I heard that he endeavoured to instruct her , as he had been accustomed to instruct his departed little sister . After proceeding thus for ...
Page 170
... girls the care of the dairy , with such of the lambs as had lost their mothers ; while Hum- ble Mind went out daily with the shepherds , to learn of them the proper management of pastoral concerns . Among other things , Humble Mind was ...
... girls the care of the dairy , with such of the lambs as had lost their mothers ; while Hum- ble Mind went out daily with the shepherds , to learn of them the proper management of pastoral concerns . Among other things , Humble Mind was ...
Page 172
... girls , Grace and Truth , were frightened when they came among the beasts , and began to shrink back ; which the shepherds perceiving , spake thus , " Little ones , what do you fear ? Know you not that those poor beasts , having drunk ...
... girls , Grace and Truth , were frightened when they came among the beasts , and began to shrink back ; which the shepherds perceiving , spake thus , " Little ones , what do you fear ? Know you not that those poor beasts , having drunk ...
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Page 93 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 140 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Page 13 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 184 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits, camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Page 153 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 34 - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
Page 152 - I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 80 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him ; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.
Page 87 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 143 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.