The Clergyman's Orphan; Or, The Child of Providence: A Tale Founded Upon FactsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 210 pages |
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... eyes , and leaving him in his widowed state nothing but the remembrance of his departed joys . Bitter indeed to him ... eye of his beloved one would quicken the pulsations of his hope ; and anon , her extreme depression , hollow cough ...
... eyes , and leaving him in his widowed state nothing but the remembrance of his departed joys . Bitter indeed to him ... eye of his beloved one would quicken the pulsations of his hope ; and anon , her extreme depression , hollow cough ...
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... eyes to Canaan , and were anxious to be gone , so he longed to depart and be with Christ . His faith grew up to the degree of full assurance , and like the ship whose sails are filled by the favouring wind , he seemed to be rapidly and ...
... eyes to Canaan , and were anxious to be gone , so he longed to depart and be with Christ . His faith grew up to the degree of full assurance , and like the ship whose sails are filled by the favouring wind , he seemed to be rapidly and ...
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... eye , his impassioned earnestness , awakened in their bosoms the most thrilling interest . He appeared to them as the oak which the lightning had scathed , and by the same stroke consecrated too ; and when he concluded his last ...
... eye , his impassioned earnestness , awakened in their bosoms the most thrilling interest . He appeared to them as the oak which the lightning had scathed , and by the same stroke consecrated too ; and when he concluded his last ...
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... that of the other servants in the house , and before sleep closed up her eyes in the slumbers of the night , she felt as happy and familiar with Margaret as if they had been acquainted almost for years 34 THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN .
... that of the other servants in the house , and before sleep closed up her eyes in the slumbers of the night , she felt as happy and familiar with Margaret as if they had been acquainted almost for years 34 THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN .
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... night ? " " Yes , " replied Margaret , " it was ; but I did not know you saw me . " " I should like to read it much , " said Jane . D Margaret's eyes glistened with delight ; this was what she THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN . 37.
... night ? " " Yes , " replied Margaret , " it was ; but I did not know you saw me . " " I should like to read it much , " said Jane . D Margaret's eyes glistened with delight ; this was what she THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN . 37.
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