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Page 250
... Joel Wray , " said the man , with a laugh , either at his own unreasonableness , or from his sense of any little peculiarity in his name . " And what may be turning you into the fields - we ' a enough of agricultural labourers in a ...
... Joel Wray , " said the man , with a laugh , either at his own unreasonableness , or from his sense of any little peculiarity in his name . " And what may be turning you into the fields - we ' a enough of agricultural labourers in a ...
Page 251
... Joel , not at all offended by being thus pulled up and brought to book . " It is a bad trick I have of speaking as if I were somebody . I suppose I caught it from being a widow's son , and living a good deal at home with my mother and ...
... Joel , not at all offended by being thus pulled up and brought to book . " It is a bad trick I have of speaking as if I were somebody . I suppose I caught it from being a widow's son , and living a good deal at home with my mother and ...
Page 252
... Joel shrugging his shoulders , and then he said no more , being occupied in taking up the hoe that was lying ready for him , and after quick observation proceeding to copy closely the practice of his next neighbour . Of course he did it ...
... Joel shrugging his shoulders , and then he said no more , being occupied in taking up the hoe that was lying ready for him , and after quick observation proceeding to copy closely the practice of his next neighbour . Of course he did it ...
Page 253
... Joel made one of his lunges ; which the girls had given her , looked up " but you ain't making so bad a job of it for a from his work and stared full at her . To his beginner , " he added benevolently , seeing that surprise , almost to ...
... Joel made one of his lunges ; which the girls had given her , looked up " but you ain't making so bad a job of it for a from his work and stared full at her . To his beginner , " he added benevolently , seeing that surprise , almost to ...
Page 254
... Joel's arms began to ache , but the girl at whom he looked ever and anon betrayed no symptom of giving in . She worked steadily . Evidently she was not out upon trial like him , or working from some fancy , but on the same terms as her ...
... Joel's arms began to ache , but the girl at whom he looked ever and anon betrayed no symptom of giving in . She worked steadily . Evidently she was not out upon trial like him , or working from some fancy , but on the same terms as her ...
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Page 201 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 342 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Page 341 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud...
Page 198 - Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the LORD : for he cometh to judge the earth. 10. With righteousness shall he judge the world: and the people with equity.
Page 342 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 18 - But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers...
Page 94 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 195 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes...
Page 384 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 466 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.