The Clergyman's Orphan; Or, The Child of Providence: A Tale Founded Upon FactsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 210 pages |
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... attention has been engaged , and the feelings excited by some maccount of remarkable incidents , it is painful to find that our sympathies have been awak- ened by fiction - that the occurrences to which we have attended have existed in ...
... attention has been engaged , and the feelings excited by some maccount of remarkable incidents , it is painful to find that our sympathies have been awak- ened by fiction - that the occurrences to which we have attended have existed in ...
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... attention was never called , except to some few of its formal observances at church on the Sabbath , to which occasionally their aunt conducted them ; or when their uncle poured all the contempt of his scorn and ridicule upon the truly ...
... attention was never called , except to some few of its formal observances at church on the Sabbath , to which occasionally their aunt conducted them ; or when their uncle poured all the contempt of his scorn and ridicule upon the truly ...
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... attention com- pletely absorbed by the perusal of a religious tract which lately had been given to her ; when , suddenly , the door of the parlour opened , and her husband , Mr. Nelson , stood before her . As she lifted her eyes from ...
... attention com- pletely absorbed by the perusal of a religious tract which lately had been given to her ; when , suddenly , the door of the parlour opened , and her husband , Mr. Nelson , stood before her . As she lifted her eyes from ...
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... attention to good books , which he himself could not read , but which he knew how to value ; and affect- ing it was to the receivers to listen to his kind and friendly admonitions , who exhorted them to improve the faculty which they ...
... attention to good books , which he himself could not read , but which he knew how to value ; and affect- ing it was to the receivers to listen to his kind and friendly admonitions , who exhorted them to improve the faculty which they ...
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... attention . And who can help remarking here how useful even the humblest individual may be in advancing the cause of the Redeemer , and how instruments the most unlikely may bring about the most important ends ! That a blind man should ...
... attention . And who can help remarking here how useful even the humblest individual may be in advancing the cause of the Redeemer , and how instruments the most unlikely may bring about the most important ends ! That a blind man should ...
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The Clergyman's Orphan: Or, the Child of Providence. a Tale Founded Upon Facts Clergyman of New-York (Pseud ) No preview available - 2015 |
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