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Page 13
... suppose , have found honour , preferment , and bless- ing , while it does not occur to me that the whole sacred volume presents a single in- stance of a like blessing conferred on idle- ness . Rebekah , Rachel , and Jethro's daugh- ters ...
... suppose , have found honour , preferment , and bless- ing , while it does not occur to me that the whole sacred volume presents a single in- stance of a like blessing conferred on idle- ness . Rebekah , Rachel , and Jethro's daugh- ters ...
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... Suppose , sir , the king , seeing me 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 ...
... Suppose , sir , the king , seeing me 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 ...
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... suppose may be one reason why so many folks hate to stay a bit by them-- selves . But as I was saying - when I came to think the matter over on the hill yonder , said I to myself , a good dinner is a good thing I grant , and yet it will ...
... suppose may be one reason why so many folks hate to stay a bit by them-- selves . But as I was saying - when I came to think the matter over on the hill yonder , said I to myself , a good dinner is a good thing I grant , and yet it will ...
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... suppose I had time and learning , and pos- sessed all the books I saw at the Bishop's , where could I find out a surer way to lay the axe to the root of all covetousness , selfish- ness , and injustice , than the plain and ready rule ...
... suppose I had time and learning , and pos- sessed all the books I saw at the Bishop's , where could I find out a surer way to lay the axe to the root of all covetousness , selfish- ness , and injustice , than the plain and ready rule ...
Page 58
... suppose , sir , that different states have different temp- tations . You g great folks that live in the world , perhaps are exposed to some , of which such a poor man as I am , knows nothing . But to one who leads a lonely life like me ...
... suppose , sir , that different states have different temp- tations . You g great folks that live in the world , perhaps are exposed to some , of which such a poor man as I am , knows nothing . But to one who leads a lonely life like me ...
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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.