The Clergyman's Orphan; Or, The Child of Providence: A Tale Founded Upon FactsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 210 pages |
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... minds of children . They would not therefore have their projected enterprise construed into an implication of the slightest dis- paragement of the merits of their predecessors in the same department . Indeed it is to the fact of the ...
... minds of children . They would not therefore have their projected enterprise construed into an implication of the slightest dis- paragement of the merits of their predecessors in the same department . Indeed it is to the fact of the ...
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... mind , when listening to or perusing any in- teresting narrative . After the 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 ...
... mind , when listening to or perusing any in- teresting narrative . After the 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 ...
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... mind in novels and romances . If it benefit and improve the mind of any individual , and strengthen the conviction of a special superintending Providence , the author will not have written in vain . New - York , May 5 , 1833 . THE ...
... mind in novels and romances . If it benefit and improve the mind of any individual , and strengthen the conviction of a special superintending Providence , the author will not have written in vain . New - York , May 5 , 1833 . THE ...
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... ; and , lest their minds should be excited to inquiry , it was even carefully concealed from them , as they rose up into life , that their father had been a clergyman - so great was now the malignity of Mr. THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN . 31.
... ; and , lest their minds should be excited to inquiry , it was even carefully concealed from them , as they rose up into life , that their father had been a clergyman - so great was now the malignity of Mr. THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN . 31.
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... mind . Her conduct as a daughter was exemplary , and she was es- teemed an humble , pious Christian by all her acquaintance . A diminution of her ordinary employment as a seamstress was one motive which , among many others , induced her ...
... mind . Her conduct as a daughter was exemplary , and she was es- teemed an humble , pious Christian by all her acquaintance . A diminution of her ordinary employment as a seamstress was one motive which , among many others , induced her ...
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