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Page 53
... labour , himself receiving remuneration , as a sort of contractor , from those who engaged them . But this was in fact the beginning of the African slave - trade : and till 1807 the history of our West Indian Colonies is mainly the ...
... labour , himself receiving remuneration , as a sort of contractor , from those who engaged them . But this was in fact the beginning of the African slave - trade : and till 1807 the history of our West Indian Colonies is mainly the ...
Page 60
... labour of convicts would be beyond all doubt advantageous to them in that respect ) , but result- ing from a lofty and generous sense of their own moral dignity as free communities , and a determination to * I have said that I give this ...
... labour of convicts would be beyond all doubt advantageous to them in that respect ) , but result- ing from a lofty and generous sense of their own moral dignity as free communities , and a determination to * I have said that I give this ...
Page 71
... seen with much pleasure that the first Missionary of our Church has entered on his labours in Labrador . - Colonial Church Chronicle , December 1848 , Vol . iii . p . 235 . abroad , and which I remember hearing well stated by EPHEMERA . 71.
... seen with much pleasure that the first Missionary of our Church has entered on his labours in Labrador . - Colonial Church Chronicle , December 1848 , Vol . iii . p . 235 . abroad , and which I remember hearing well stated by EPHEMERA . 71.
Page 81
... labour for the conversion of whom should fall much more upon this country than upon any of her Dependencies ; and this work alone would require * See below , Letter to the Rev. Ernest Hawkins . much more than the actual resources at the ...
... labour for the conversion of whom should fall much more upon this country than upon any of her Dependencies ; and this work alone would require * See below , Letter to the Rev. Ernest Hawkins . much more than the actual resources at the ...
Page 91
... labour- ing classes are not better off , in the usual sense , than in England ; in our new Australasian Colonies I believe no case has ever occurred of physical destitution among those classes . For many of them it is not impossible ...
... labour- ing classes are not better off , in the usual sense , than in England ; in our new Australasian Colonies I believe no case has ever occurred of physical destitution among those classes . For many of them it is not impossible ...
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Page 340 - In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 303 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall — I will do such things.
Page 295 - When service should in my old limbs lie lame, And unregarded age in corners thrown ; Take that ; and He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age...
Page 174 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Page 299 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Page 357 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
Page 298 - Every thing that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart Fall asleep, or hearing, die.
Page 291 - Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Page 295 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty ; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility ; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly.
Page 357 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...