The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution ...: With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes: Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature, Book 5A.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 581 pages |
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Page 107
... poor worms around me . 3. The only being that seemed thoroughly to feel the humble and prostrate piety of a true Christian , was a poor decrepit old woman , bending under the weight of years and infirmities . She bore the traces of ...
... poor worms around me . 3. The only being that seemed thoroughly to feel the humble and prostrate piety of a true Christian , was a poor decrepit old woman , bending under the weight of years and infirmities . She bore the traces of ...
Page 108
... poor widow . While I was meditating on the distinctions of worldly rank , which extend thus down into the věry dust ... poor old woman whom I had seen seated on the steps of the altar . She was supported by a humble friend , who was ...
... poor widow . While I was meditating on the distinctions of worldly rank , which extend thus down into the věry dust ... poor old woman whom I had seen seated on the steps of the altar . She was supported by a humble friend , who was ...
Page 112
... poor know best how to console each other's sorrows , I did not ven- ture to intrude . 14. The next Sunday I was at the village church ; when , to my surprise , I saw the poor old woman tottering down the aisle to her accustomed seat on ...
... poor know best how to console each other's sorrows , I did not ven- ture to intrude . 14. The next Sunday I was at the village church ; when , to my surprise , I saw the poor old woman tottering down the aisle to her accustomed seat on ...
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