The Unpublished Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Isabella Graham, from the Year 1767 to 1814: Exhibiting Her Religious Character in the Different Relations of LifeJ. S. Taylor, 1838 - 314 pages |
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Page 19
... thank God , been very well , only a short time sea - sick - but I am really afraid Bell will grow too fat - every day makes an odds in the dimensions of her face . Believe me , dear Davidson , with the greatest affection , Your friend ...
... thank God , been very well , only a short time sea - sick - but I am really afraid Bell will grow too fat - every day makes an odds in the dimensions of her face . Believe me , dear Davidson , with the greatest affection , Your friend ...
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... thanks for his care of our two boys . The Doctor has received his letter , and all he has done is perfectly right . He will write by the packet . Remember us also to the boys and Hugh , to our friends at Quarelton , and other acquaint ...
... thanks for his care of our two boys . The Doctor has received his letter , and all he has done is perfectly right . He will write by the packet . Remember us also to the boys and Hugh , to our friends at Quarelton , and other acquaint ...
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... dear , I take it kind , and am well entertained with it . I return them both my hearty thanks for their kisses on the paper . O , to embrace them in my arms . My dear children ! I may , and Mrs Marshall to Mrs Graham.
... dear , I take it kind , and am well entertained with it . I return them both my hearty thanks for their kisses on the paper . O , to embrace them in my arms . My dear children ! I may , and Mrs Marshall to Mrs Graham.
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... thank God , enjoyed perfect health since I last wrote to you , except , what we must expect , the children now and then a little fretful with their teeth . They are both stout hearty girls . Jessy talks much of grandmamma , and wont ...
... thank God , enjoyed perfect health since I last wrote to you , except , what we must expect , the children now and then a little fretful with their teeth . They are both stout hearty girls . Jessy talks much of grandmamma , and wont ...
Page 51
... is not with them as with us , their greatest men are always the poorest . Who knows but these little services may one day save our scalps . There have been several threatenings of an Indian war ; thank God , TO MRS . MARSHALL . 51.
... is not with them as with us , their greatest men are always the poorest . Who knows but these little services may one day save our scalps . There have been several threatenings of an Indian war ; thank God , TO MRS . MARSHALL . 51.
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Page 290 - And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Page 274 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 146 - THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord : and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always.
Page 253 - Spirit in the bond of peace ; for there is one body and one Spirit, even as we are called in one hope of our calling ; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
Page 291 - This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent.
Page 231 - But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Page 231 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when His Glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 240 - Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Page 149 - To-day, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
Page 174 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able.