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Page 272
... perhaps at the pains of procuring them another meal , with music playing as usual . He then leaves them a little more to themselves , having an eye , however , on their even- ing hours . But , as their bellies are full , they seldom ...
... perhaps at the pains of procuring them another meal , with music playing as usual . He then leaves them a little more to themselves , having an eye , however , on their even- ing hours . But , as their bellies are full , they seldom ...
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... perhaps acts more speedily than a taste of the sea . Take a man who has never been beyond the " hum " of the city , or the chime of the village clock , and whose thoughts float along with the current of public news in the one , or ...
... perhaps acts more speedily than a taste of the sea . Take a man who has never been beyond the " hum " of the city , or the chime of the village clock , and whose thoughts float along with the current of public news in the one , or ...
Page 303
... perhaps , pre- sents itself to every mind , but which speedily vanishes before the faith of those who , with the heart believe that they are not the accidents of fate , but the children of a Father . In the house of every wise parent ...
... perhaps , pre- sents itself to every mind , but which speedily vanishes before the faith of those who , with the heart believe that they are not the accidents of fate , but the children of a Father . In the house of every wise parent ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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