Memoirs of Maria Fox: Late of TottenhamC. Gilpin, 1846 - 493 pages |
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... interesting and congenial occupation for not a few solitary hours , whilst to a large circle of intimate friends , indeed , to all who had any acquaintance with the subject of this biography , it is believed that the volume will prove ...
... interesting and congenial occupation for not a few solitary hours , whilst to a large circle of intimate friends , indeed , to all who had any acquaintance with the subject of this biography , it is believed that the volume will prove ...
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... interesting as well as instructive for you to possess such par- ticulars respecting them , as I may be able clearly to remember . My dear father and mother lived in habits of close and con- fidential intimacy with their children ; we ...
... interesting as well as instructive for you to possess such par- ticulars respecting them , as I may be able clearly to remember . My dear father and mother lived in habits of close and con- fidential intimacy with their children ; we ...
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... interesting period of his life . During the time of his apprenticeship he had the small - pox so severely , that his life was despaired of by his attendants . At this juncture , his father , who had been sent for , arrived . He had just ...
... interesting period of his life . During the time of his apprenticeship he had the small - pox so severely , that his life was despaired of by his attendants . At this juncture , his father , who had been sent for , arrived . He had just ...
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... had resided , contained at that time many valuable and interesting characters ; it was also the home of all her brothers , so that the sacrifice of society was considerable . At Wellingborough , the meeting MEMOIRS OF MARIA FOX . 15.
... had resided , contained at that time many valuable and interesting characters ; it was also the home of all her brothers , so that the sacrifice of society was considerable . At Wellingborough , the meeting MEMOIRS OF MARIA FOX . 15.
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... interesting child , and her sweet society must have been a great solace to her affectionate parents . They were very solicitous to do the utmost in their power for the education of their children , and paid great attention them- selves ...
... interesting child , and her sweet society must have been a great solace to her affectionate parents . They were very solicitous to do the utmost in their power for the education of their children , and paid great attention them- selves ...
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Page 342 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 63 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth : unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 300 - But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us...
Page 376 - Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Page 233 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 233 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 335 - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you.
Page 200 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 188 - Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 477 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.