The voyage companion: a parting gift to female emigrants. By the author of 'A word on behalf of the slave'.1850 |
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... soon become indolent characters ; if they show a readiness to transcribe or copy into their own minds , the evil ( which , alas ! is always near us ) , the coarse and indecent jest , and the blaspheming tongue , they will soon become ...
... soon become indolent characters ; if they show a readiness to transcribe or copy into their own minds , the evil ( which , alas ! is always near us ) , the coarse and indecent jest , and the blaspheming tongue , they will soon become ...
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... soon hear how he has stood , and how he does stand , in the estimation of the respect- able portion of his neighbours . They will know whether he is regular in his attendance at some place of worship whether the temptation of " strong ...
... soon hear how he has stood , and how he does stand , in the estimation of the respect- able portion of his neighbours . They will know whether he is regular in his attendance at some place of worship whether the temptation of " strong ...
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... soon left us . We shortly after made an appointment to go skating in the neighbourhood ; but on the day we fixed upon I had the misfortune to break my skates , and I could not go without borrowing Jem's . I went to him , and asked him ...
... soon left us . We shortly after made an appointment to go skating in the neighbourhood ; but on the day we fixed upon I had the misfortune to break my skates , and I could not go without borrowing Jem's . I went to him , and asked him ...
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... soon be over- come by kind treatment . - Slaney's British Birds . Nature's Workmen . - There are three creatures , the squirrel , the field - mouse , and the bird called the nut - hatch , which live much on hazel - nuts , and yet they ...
... soon be over- come by kind treatment . - Slaney's British Birds . Nature's Workmen . - There are three creatures , the squirrel , the field - mouse , and the bird called the nut - hatch , which live much on hazel - nuts , and yet they ...
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... after which he was sent to school , where he soon showed his great and various talents . In the year 1660 , being eighteen years of age , he went to the University of Cambridge , where he manifested extraordinary aptitude for the 41.
... after which he was sent to school , where he soon showed his great and various talents . In the year 1660 , being eighteen years of age , he went to the University of Cambridge , where he manifested extraordinary aptitude for the 41.
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Page 50 - And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Page 46 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 42 - Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast ; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
Page 53 - OH ! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame, — A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 49 - BEHOLD a stranger at the door ! He gently knocks, — has knocked before ; Has waited long — is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill.
Page 54 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 53 - GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land: I am weak, but thou art mighty ; Hold me with thy powerful hand : Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more.
Page 43 - EPITAPH ON AN INFANT. ERE Sin could blight or Sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care ; The opening bud to Heaven conveyed And bade it blossom there.
Page 50 - I create the fruit of the lips ; " Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near," saith the Lord ; and I will heal him.
Page 43 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways; While angels in their songs rejoice And cry, "Behold, he prays!