Profession is not Principle; or, the Name of Christian is not Christianity. By the author of 'The Decision' i.e. Grace KennedyWilliam Oliphant, 1823 - 286 pages |
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... . You have heard that the illness I had , just after your leaving England , and then the death of my poor boy , have together had the effect of im- A pairing my intellects ; and painful as it was to PROFESSION IS NOT ...
... . You have heard that the illness I had , just after your leaving England , and then the death of my poor boy , have together had the effect of im- A pairing my intellects ; and painful as it was to PROFESSION IS NOT ...
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pairing my intellects ; and painful as it was to separate yourself from Mrs Con- way in her present delicate state of health , and inconvenient as it was in every way to leave your family abroad without you , yet you could not rest ...
pairing my intellects ; and painful as it was to separate yourself from Mrs Con- way in her present delicate state of health , and inconvenient as it was in every way to leave your family abroad without you , yet you could not rest ...
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... painful dread , though now I think my feeling of security on that point was most pre- sumptuous folly . But , Conway , there are many things in death we must shrink from , if we have any feeling . That man is happy , if he is prepared ...
... painful dread , though now I think my feeling of security on that point was most pre- sumptuous folly . But , Conway , there are many things in death we must shrink from , if we have any feeling . That man is happy , if he is prepared ...
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... I was ill . Even poor Arthur , to whom travelling was so difficult and painful , came directly to London . You know , Conway , that I have arrived at my present age with very little experience of misfor- tune , but 22 PROFESSION IS.
... I was ill . Even poor Arthur , to whom travelling was so difficult and painful , came directly to London . You know , Conway , that I have arrived at my present age with very little experience of misfor- tune , but 22 PROFESSION IS.
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... painful anxiety to his friends , and unable from his child- hood to participate in any of the plea- sures suited to his age ; and who , from extreme sensibility , shunned society , in which , he said , every eye changed its expression ...
... painful anxiety to his friends , and unable from his child- hood to participate in any of the plea- sures suited to his age ; and who , from extreme sensibility , shunned society , in which , he said , every eye changed its expression ...
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