Good WordsA. Strahan and Company, 1876 |
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Page 43
... hundred called them her nieces — with her , and see pounds , to put you in a position in which you them so far on their way to their mother's may become independent . In the meantime relations . When Mrs. Wyndham completed I think you ...
... hundred called them her nieces — with her , and see pounds , to put you in a position in which you them so far on their way to their mother's may become independent . In the meantime relations . When Mrs. Wyndham completed I think you ...
Page 52
... hundred poor servant - girls have been per- suaded to become depositors in a penny - bank . This may seem a trifle to some , but it will not seem a trifle to those who remember that want of thrift is the great fault of the English poor ...
... hundred poor servant - girls have been per- suaded to become depositors in a penny - bank . This may seem a trifle to some , but it will not seem a trifle to those who remember that want of thrift is the great fault of the English poor ...
Page 70
... hundred of the thou- sands of our churches , † and in houses still seldomer , has any attempt been made to revive the vaulting . It is therefore hardly necessary to urge that a thing is unsuitable for us which we are never likely to use ...
... hundred of the thou- sands of our churches , † and in houses still seldomer , has any attempt been made to revive the vaulting . It is therefore hardly necessary to urge that a thing is unsuitable for us which we are never likely to use ...
Page 95
... hundreds of thou- sands weekly , and find their way regularly into the humblest of homes , as well as into the rough ... hundred and twenty - eight , of whom twenty - nine labour in parts of England , chiefly in the north , the others ...
... hundreds of thou- sands weekly , and find their way regularly into the humblest of homes , as well as into the rough ... hundred and twenty - eight , of whom twenty - nine labour in parts of England , chiefly in the north , the others ...
Page 96
... hundred and twenty - eight colporteurs who now occupy the place of an undefined number of the old chap - book vendors , and similar itinerants , are men chosen for their known moral and religious character not less than their general ...
... hundred and twenty - eight colporteurs who now occupy the place of an undefined number of the old chap - book vendors , and similar itinerants , are men chosen for their known moral and religious character not less than their general ...
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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.