Uncle Barnaby: Or, Recollections of His Character and Opinions1799 - 356 էջ |
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... appearance , placed one hand on the top of a five - barred gate , threw himself over without any seeming effort , and instantly resumed his quick yet stately march towards us . We were all struck with his fine , athletic , well ...
... appearance , placed one hand on the top of a five - barred gate , threw himself over without any seeming effort , and instantly resumed his quick yet stately march towards us . We were all struck with his fine , athletic , well ...
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... appeared to be in bad health . My uncle accosted him very kindly , made particular inquiries after his wife and family , and drew him aside for a moment ; I suspect , from the poor fellow's manner at parting , to make him a present ...
... appeared to be in bad health . My uncle accosted him very kindly , made particular inquiries after his wife and family , and drew him aside for a moment ; I suspect , from the poor fellow's manner at parting , to make him a present ...
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... present a vastly more picturesque appearance , besides affording excellent sport to my uncle and his friends . Once I heard him pressing my uncle to purchase a pair of horses from a particular friend of his , who , he "I cannot afford it"
... present a vastly more picturesque appearance , besides affording excellent sport to my uncle and his friends . Once I heard him pressing my uncle to purchase a pair of horses from a particular friend of his , who , he "I cannot afford it"
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... appeared my uncle's friend was in- tending to erect several . Frank , with much promp- titude and good will , set about the drawings , re- ducing or extending the plan according to the proportions desired . I had not Frank's abilities ...
... appeared my uncle's friend was in- tending to erect several . Frank , with much promp- titude and good will , set about the drawings , re- ducing or extending the plan according to the proportions desired . I had not Frank's abilities ...
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... appearance , especially in an afternoon and on Sun- days . To be sure , she was sometimes rather untidy in the morning , having , as she observed , been so driven with us children that she could not find time to set herself to rights ...
... appearance , especially in an afternoon and on Sun- days . To be sure , she was sometimes rather untidy in the morning , having , as she observed , been so driven with us children that she could not find time to set herself to rights ...
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Էջ 74 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life...
Էջ 222 - Through mere good fortune, took a different course. The flock grew calm again, and I, the road Following, that led me to my own abode, Much...
Էջ 82 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Էջ 89 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said ; Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Էջ 260 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light.
Էջ 133 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Էջ 133 - Trust in the Lord, and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Էջ 216 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Էջ 80 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.
Էջ 78 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.