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... hard to say which had been the original colour . But this , while it gave a plain proof of the shepherd's poverty , equally proved the exceeding neatness , in- dustry , and good management of his wife . His stockings no less proved her ...
... hard to say which had been the original colour . But this , while it gave a plain proof of the shepherd's poverty , equally proved the exceeding neatness , in- dustry , and good management of his wife . His stockings no less proved her ...
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... condition of life at his choice , and chose a hard one - while I only submit to the lot that is appointed me . " " You are exposed to great cold and heat , " said the gentleman : - " true , sir , " said 10 THE SHEPHERD OF.
... condition of life at his choice , and chose a hard one - while I only submit to the lot that is appointed me . " " You are exposed to great cold and heat , " said the gentleman : - " true , sir , " said 10 THE SHEPHERD OF.
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... hard work , get a trifle by keeping the birds off the corn ; for this the farmers will give them a penny or two - pence and now and then a bit of bread and cheese into the bar- gain . When the season of crow keeping is over , then they ...
... hard work , get a trifle by keeping the birds off the corn ; for this the farmers will give them a penny or two - pence and now and then a bit of bread and cheese into the bar- gain . When the season of crow keeping is over , then they ...
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... hard- er , and live on one meal a - day to add any comfort to her valuable life ; indeed I have often done the last , and thought it no great matter neither . " While they were on this part of the dis- course , a fine plump cherry cheek ...
... hard- er , and live on one meal a - day to add any comfort to her valuable life ; indeed I have often done the last , and thought it no great matter neither . " While they were on this part of the dis- course , a fine plump cherry cheek ...
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... hard at work , were to say to me , that if I would patiently work on till Christmas , a fine palace and a great estate should be the reward of my labours . Do you think , sir , that a little hunger , or a little cold , or a little wet ...
... hard at work , were to say to me , that if I would patiently work on till Christmas , a fine palace and a great estate should be the reward of my labours . Do you think , sir , that a little hunger , or a little cold , or a little wet ...
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Page 32 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 48 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 18 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 15 - I have led but a lonely life, and have often had but little to cat, but my Bible has been meat, drink, and company to me, as I may say, and when want and trouble have come upon me, I don't know what I should have done indeed, sir, if I had not had the promises of this book for my stay and support.
Page 14 - I believe there is no day for the last thirty years, that I have not peeped at my Bible. If we can't find time to read a chapter, I defy any man to say he can't find time to read a verse; and a single text sir, well followed and put in practice every day, would make no bad figure at the year's end...
Page 9 - Mr. Johnson, who delighted in good men and good things, was very well satisfied with his reply. For he justly thought that though a hypocrite may easily contrive to appear better than he really is, to a stranger, and that no one should be too soon trusted merely for having a few good words in his mouth; yet, as he knew that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," he always accustomed himself to judge favorably of those who had a serious deportment and solid manner of speaking.
Page 11 - You think, then," said the gentleman, " that a laborious life is a happy one." — "I do, sir, and more so especially, as it exposes a man to fewer v sins. If king Saul had continued a poor laborious man to the end of his days, he might have lived happy and honest, and died a natural death in his bed at last, which you know, sir, was more than he did. But I...
Page 9 - ... the sky, that rain was at no great distance, accosted the shepherd with asking what sort of weather he thought it would be on the morrow. " It will be such weather as pleases me,
Page 41 - You must know, sir, that both of us, next to a sin, dread a debt, and indeed in some cases a debt is a sin ; but with all our care and pains, we have never been able quite to pay off the doctor's bill for that bad fit of rheumatism which I had last winter.