The Works of Hannah More, in Four Volumes: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 3 |
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... hand , but error , discontent , and false religion on the other . And as an appetite for reading had , from a variety of causes , been in- creasing among the inferior ranks in this country , it was judged expedient , at this critical ...
... hand , but error , discontent , and false religion on the other . And as an appetite for reading had , from a variety of causes , been in- creasing among the inferior ranks in this country , it was judged expedient , at this critical ...
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... hand " of the church , near that little tuft of hawtorns . " What , that hovel with only one room above and " below , with scarcely any chimney ? how is it pos- " sible you can live there with such a family ! “ O ! " it is very possible ...
... hand " of the church , near that little tuft of hawtorns . " What , that hovel with only one room above and " below , with scarcely any chimney ? how is it pos- " sible you can live there with such a family ! “ O ! " it is very possible ...
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... as I 66 66 was saying , the poor soul was very bad indeed , " and for several weeks lost the use of all her limbs " except her hands ; a merciful Providence spared " her " her the use of these , so that when 12 The Shepherd.
... as I 66 66 was saying , the poor soul was very bad indeed , " and for several weeks lost the use of all her limbs " except her hands ; a merciful Providence spared " her " her the use of these , so that when 12 The Shepherd.
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... hands lame as well as her feet , " or the palsy instead of the rheumatism , and then " she could have done nothing - but , nobody had so 66 many mercies as she had . " I will not tell you what we suffered during that " bitter weather ...
... hands lame as well as her feet , " or the palsy instead of the rheumatism , and then " she could have done nothing - but , nobody had so 66 many mercies as she had . " I will not tell you what we suffered during that " bitter weather ...
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... hands ? There " is some comparison between a moment and a thou- « sand years , because a thousand years are made up " of moments , all time being made up of the same " sort of stuff , as I may say ; while there is no sort " of ...
... hands ? There " is some comparison between a moment and a thou- « sand years , because a thousand years are made up " of moments , all time being made up of the same " sort of stuff , as I may say ; while there is no sort " of ...
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Page 20 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Page 99 - But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Page 154 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Page 148 - Jones, those who teach the poor must indeed give line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, as they can receive it. So that teaching must be a great grievance to those who do not really make it a labour of love.
Page 114 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 401 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure!
Page 4 - Yet he does what he can, and more than many richer men do, and more than he can well afford. Besides that, his prayers and good advice we are always sure of; and we are truly thankful for that, for a man must give, you know, sir, according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 356 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 281 - I take encouragement tb,at that glorious prophecy, that " of the increase of his government there shall be no " end," seems to be gradually accomplishing; and in no instance more, perhaps, than in the noble attempt about to be made for the abolition of the African Slave-trade*.