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... MARY LIZ IN THE OLD MOGUL'S DEN XIX . THE OLD MOGUL'S FRESH AIR FUND XX . THE BONDS OF MATRIMONY · 269 281 • 290 XXI . THE PROBATION OF Rev. Archibald HUDDERFIELD XXII . 9.
... MARY LIZ IN THE OLD MOGUL'S DEN XIX . THE OLD MOGUL'S FRESH AIR FUND XX . THE BONDS OF MATRIMONY · 269 281 • 290 XXI . THE PROBATION OF Rev. Archibald HUDDERFIELD XXII . 9.
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... Mary Liz did not go to school . She needed her to grabble coal from the dump . Be'trice ? No , Be'trice was not out of bed yet . She was not very well . She coughed in the night . Her food didn't agree with her either . No , she never ...
... Mary Liz did not go to school . She needed her to grabble coal from the dump . Be'trice ? No , Be'trice was not out of bed yet . She was not very well . She coughed in the night . Her food didn't agree with her either . No , she never ...
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... our ' eads is all I ' ave ; the ground ain't pyde for yet . If you make trouble for me , I ' aven't a friend to turn to . Me poor dead ' usband's gone , an ' me an ' little Be'trice an ' Mary Liz must 116 THOSE BLACK DIAMOND MEN.
... our ' eads is all I ' ave ; the ground ain't pyde for yet . If you make trouble for me , I ' aven't a friend to turn to . Me poor dead ' usband's gone , an ' me an ' little Be'trice an ' Mary Liz must 116 THOSE BLACK DIAMOND MEN.
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... Mary Liz must go out into the street ! " " Mrs. Gooch , " he said slowly , " you must choose one thing or the other now . A month ago I offered you a chance to take care of the kindergarten rooms of the Grace church up in Mudtown ...
... Mary Liz must go out into the street ! " " Mrs. Gooch , " he said slowly , " you must choose one thing or the other now . A month ago I offered you a chance to take care of the kindergarten rooms of the Grace church up in Mudtown ...
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... Mary Liz were leav- ing Higgins's Patch . Society always tends to grow more and more exclusive . Even the children in Mc- Guickin's Patch recognised that there was a social difference and they emphasised it by stoning off the Hungarian ...
... Mary Liz were leav- ing Higgins's Patch . Society always tends to grow more and more exclusive . Even the children in Mc- Guickin's Patch recognised that there was a social difference and they emphasised it by stoning off the Hungarian ...
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Page 208 - Are your cowslips of the meadows Like our weeds anear the mine ? Leave us quiet in the dark of the coal-shadows, From your pleasures fair and fine !
Page 178 - I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
Page 276 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 39 - Thou art knocking : And lo ! that hand is scarred, And thorns Thy brow encircle, And tears Thy face have marred...
Page 42 - IF Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, — I say That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave alway. If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him through heaven and hell, The earth, the sea, and the air...
Page 368 - O light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee ; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May brighter, fairer be.
Page 169 - GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the fraility of our nature we cannot always stand upright ; Grant to us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 368 - ONLY.] 0 love that wilt not let me go, I rest my wea-ry soul In thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That In thine o - cean depths its flow May rich - er, fol - ler art — (-: Ibe. :£=^ 0 LOVE that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee ; 1 give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be.
Page 373 - OGOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance ; Send us, we beseech thee, in this OUT necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 26 - Man am I grown, a man's work must I do. Follow the deer? follow the Christ, the King, Live pure, speak true, right wrong, follow the King — Else, wherefore born...