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... poor , they all long to get back to China and have their bones mixed with those of their ancestors . About two years ago I came across a Chinaman who had left his native village when a boy of ten , and had returned a wealthy man after ...
... poor , they all long to get back to China and have their bones mixed with those of their ancestors . About two years ago I came across a Chinaman who had left his native village when a boy of ten , and had returned a wealthy man after ...
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... poor people died of hunger ; the tiers état ' had no other consolation than the very dubious one that all would be better if only the truth could reach the king's ears . ' The peasants led a life not a whit removed from that of the ...
... poor people died of hunger ; the tiers état ' had no other consolation than the very dubious one that all would be better if only the truth could reach the king's ears . ' The peasants led a life not a whit removed from that of the ...
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... poor which have appeared from time to time in the Dispatch are among the best things secured by the weekly press . The Dispatch , from the time when , published at sixpence , it was read in turns by half the population of nearly every ...
... poor which have appeared from time to time in the Dispatch are among the best things secured by the weekly press . The Dispatch , from the time when , published at sixpence , it was read in turns by half the population of nearly every ...
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... poor homes , the London Journal occupied a far more dignified position than it has since taken up . It has lost much of its ancient prestige , and is in many ways inferior to the Family Herald . While such stories as ' The House on the ...
... poor homes , the London Journal occupied a far more dignified position than it has since taken up . It has lost much of its ancient prestige , and is in many ways inferior to the Family Herald . While such stories as ' The House on the ...
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... poor but respectable man's room in the kingdom , one would probably have found two books at least- the Bible and the Pilgrim's Progress . Both were held in extreme veneration . Now it is to be feared that very few working men and women ...
... poor but respectable man's room in the kingdom , one would probably have found two books at least- the Bible and the Pilgrim's Progress . Both were held in extreme veneration . Now it is to be feared that very few working men and women ...
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Page 106 - Fear thou not; for I am with thee: Be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Page 105 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Page 480 - The knowledge of man is as the waters, some descending from above, and some springing from beneath; the one informed by the light of nature, the other inspired by divine revelation.
Page 406 - After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
Page 473 - ... through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious; the Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or positive. In other words, the human mind, by its nature, employs in its progress three methods of philosophizing, the character of which is essentially different, and even radically opposed: viz., the theological method, the metaphysical, and the positive.
Page 813 - As watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whilst, like a puffd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own rede.
Page 473 - The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions, each branch of our knowledge, passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the Theological, or fictitious; the Metaphysical, or abstract; and the Scientific, or positive.
Page 566 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England, without...
Page 473 - From the study of the development of human intelligence, in all directions, and through all times, the discovery arises of a great fundamental law, to which it is necessarily subject, and which has a solid foundation of proof, both in the facts of our organization and in our historical experience.
Page 673 - Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the word ; nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful by any law of man, or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife.