Characters and incidents of village life1831 - 120 pages |
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... neighbours lived about a quarter of a mile from them ; the family consisted of three persons , a father and two daughters , one of them about the age of Lucy , the other some years older : they were kind and neighbourly at the time Lucy ...
... neighbours lived about a quarter of a mile from them ; the family consisted of three persons , a father and two daughters , one of them about the age of Lucy , the other some years older : they were kind and neighbourly at the time Lucy ...
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... neighbours , for taking the trouble of going two miles to church , which they called a heap of stones . The farmer did not think about these matters so seriously as his wife had done . Lucy was so kind and affec- tionate to him , that ...
... neighbours , for taking the trouble of going two miles to church , which they called a heap of stones . The farmer did not think about these matters so seriously as his wife had done . Lucy was so kind and affec- tionate to him , that ...
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... with her mother ; but as she was obliged to earn her subsist- ence by working in the fields , she was not always at hand to assist her feeble parent , in fetching water from B the neighbouring brook , which ran at no great dis- 25.
... with her mother ; but as she was obliged to earn her subsist- ence by working in the fields , she was not always at hand to assist her feeble parent , in fetching water from B the neighbouring brook , which ran at no great dis- 25.
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Magdalene Bowles. the neighbouring brook , which ran at no great dis- tance from the cottage . One evening the poor ... neighbours were also gathered round the bed of death . At this moment , unconscious of what had happened , the old ...
Magdalene Bowles. the neighbouring brook , which ran at no great dis- tance from the cottage . One evening the poor ... neighbours were also gathered round the bed of death . At this moment , unconscious of what had happened , the old ...
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... neighbours saw , with surprise , the excessive grief of the old cot- tager ; for they had expected , from his general con- duct towards his wife , that her death would be regarded as a matter of indifference by him . She was soon con ...
... neighbours saw , with surprise , the excessive grief of the old cot- tager ; for they had expected , from his general con- duct towards his wife , that her death would be regarded as a matter of indifference by him . She was soon con ...
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Page 96 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 96 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 33 - ... because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets : or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 31 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 52 - Thus afraid to trust his grace, Long time did I rebel ; Till despairing of my case, Down at his feet I fell : Then my stubborn heart he broke, And subdued me to his sway ; By a simple word he spoke,
Page 52 - Friends and ministers said much The gospel to enforce ; But my blindness still was such, I chose a legal course : Much I fasted...
Page 33 - For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Page 56 - Thou always wast the mighty GOD, And ever art the same. 3 Thou turnest man, O LORD, to dust, Of which he first was made; And when thou speak'st the word,' Return,
Page 36 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, While the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, When thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 30 - Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live...