The Clergyman's Orphan; Or, The Child of Providence: A Tale Founded Upon FactsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 210 pages |
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... religious and exclusively of moral character , designed espe- cially for the young . The undertaking originates not in the impression that there does not already exist in the treasures of the reading world a large provision for this ...
... religious and exclusively of moral character , designed espe- cially for the young . The undertaking originates not in the impression that there does not already exist in the treasures of the reading world a large provision for this ...
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... religion till she had made the poor thing quite superstitious and melancholy . " " I do not think she is , " replied Mrs. Slade . " She seems quite cheerful and good - tem pered . " Dinner was now announced , and an end put to this ...
... religion till she had made the poor thing quite superstitious and melancholy . " " I do not think she is , " replied Mrs. Slade . " She seems quite cheerful and good - tem pered . " Dinner was now announced , and an end put to this ...
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... religious impressions ; and as he ripened into manhood , was considered to be a young man of the highest promise . Indeed , for some months he was seriously deliberating about entering on a course of study , as preparatory for the holy ...
... religious impressions ; and as he ripened into manhood , was considered to be a young man of the highest promise . Indeed , for some months he was seriously deliberating about entering on a course of study , as preparatory for the holy ...
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... religion . Mrs. Slade was a kind , though a haughty and worldly woman ; and as she had no children of her own , was pleased with her little protegees , and was desirous , as she termed it , " to do her duty by them ; " but wherein this ...
... religion . Mrs. Slade was a kind , though a haughty and worldly woman ; and as she had no children of her own , was pleased with her little protegees , and was desirous , as she termed it , " to do her duty by them ; " but wherein this ...
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... religious society ; every pre- caution was taken to keep them from the taint of evangelical sentiments ; and , lest their minds should be excited to inquiry , it was even carefully concealed from them , as they rose up into life , that ...
... religious society ; every pre- caution was taken to keep them from the taint of evangelical sentiments ; and , lest their minds should be excited to inquiry , it was even carefully concealed from them , as they rose up into life , that ...
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