An Address Delivered in the Orphan Asylum, New-York, Feb. 5, 1822 on Conflagration of Orphan House in PhiladelphiaE. Conrad, 1822 - 11 pages |
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... tender Orphans repose in sleep . The Clock strikes THREE ; the affrighted Babes are wrapt in flames ! PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTION OF THE ORPHAN ASYLUM . NEW - YORK : PRINTED BY E. CONRAD , NO . 4 FRANKFORT - ST ...
... tender Orphans repose in sleep . The Clock strikes THREE ; the affrighted Babes are wrapt in flames ! PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTION OF THE ORPHAN ASYLUM . NEW - YORK : PRINTED BY E. CONRAD , NO . 4 FRANKFORT - ST ...
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... tender parent who was so passionately fond of children , and whose grave was yet known and venerated in Rama , which was within the borders where those innocent children were murdered at the command of bloody Herod . What pencil can ...
... tender parent who was so passionately fond of children , and whose grave was yet known and venerated in Rama , which was within the borders where those innocent children were murdered at the command of bloody Herod . What pencil can ...
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... tender offspring . Yet , they had not been without a Rachel . God in his tender providence had provided for them ; so that every orphan , with David could say when my father and my mother for- sake me , then the Lord will take me up ...
... tender offspring . Yet , they had not been without a Rachel . God in his tender providence had provided for them ; so that every orphan , with David could say when my father and my mother for- sake me , then the Lord will take me up ...
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... friendly aid . Then might we " have soothed their pains , and instructed their tender " minds . We could have watched the stroke of death , " and when the vital spark expired , closed their sight- ( 9 ) " less eyes , and performed the ( 8 )
... friendly aid . Then might we " have soothed their pains , and instructed their tender " minds . We could have watched the stroke of death , " and when the vital spark expired , closed their sight- ( 9 ) " less eyes , and performed the ( 8 )
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... tender breasts receive the most serious impres- sions . Though the afflicted children were near one hundred miles from this city , yet , the recollection that they were orphans like yourselves , certainly demands your most tender ...
... tender breasts receive the most serious impres- sions . Though the afflicted children were near one hundred miles from this city , yet , the recollection that they were orphans like yourselves , certainly demands your most tender ...
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Page 6 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 5 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.