The Clergyman's Orphan; Or, The Child of Providence: A Tale Founded Upon FactsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 210 pages |
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... pleasure has es- tablished a fixed ascendency in their stead . In the selection of works intended for the rising genera tion in this plastic period of their existence , when the elements of future character are receiving their moulding ...
... pleasure has es- tablished a fixed ascendency in their stead . In the selection of works intended for the rising genera tion in this plastic period of their existence , when the elements of future character are receiving their moulding ...
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... pleasure ran through all the round of their sinful follies , till at length piety itself became the object of his derision and disgust , and he ultimately sank into the determined , virulent apostate . Thus does one false step plunge ...
... pleasure ran through all the round of their sinful follies , till at length piety itself became the object of his derision and disgust , and he ultimately sank into the determined , virulent apostate . Thus does one false step plunge ...
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... pleasures and their pains , their pets and reconciliations ; but theirs was almost one uniform , monoto- nous mode of life , which presents but little to record . They were instructed at school in what are termed the fashionable ...
... pleasures and their pains , their pets and reconciliations ; but theirs was almost one uniform , monoto- nous mode of life , which presents but little to record . They were instructed at school in what are termed the fashionable ...
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... pleasure at wit- nessing the arrangements of Margaret , and the improved spirits of her charge . Soon after the surgeon attended , and dressed a painful seton which it had been deemed requisite to open as a remedy for Jane's disorder ...
... pleasure at wit- nessing the arrangements of Margaret , and the improved spirits of her charge . Soon after the surgeon attended , and dressed a painful seton which it had been deemed requisite to open as a remedy for Jane's disorder ...
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... pleasure at hearing this avowal , and answered , " I am glad to hear you say so , Miss Jane . and if you really desire to know how to pray , God will teach you ; for in his Word he has promise to teach those who desire it . He has ...
... pleasure at hearing this avowal , and answered , " I am glad to hear you say so , Miss Jane . and if you really desire to know how to pray , God will teach you ; for in his Word he has promise to teach those who desire it . He has ...
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