The Crock of Gold: A Rural NovelRichard Bentley, 1844 - 342 էջ |
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... happy who did not die a pauper . Through them , serfs of the soil , the earth yields indeed her increase , but it is for others ; from the fields of plenty they glean a scanty pittance , and fill the barns to bursting while their chil ...
... happy who did not die a pauper . Through them , serfs of the soil , the earth yields indeed her increase , but it is for others ; from the fields of plenty they glean a scanty pittance , and fill the barns to bursting while their chil ...
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... happy sorrow and benevolent affection . Yea , many a good angel has shed blessings on their heads ! Within the last three years , and sixteen from the date of his first great grief , Roger had again got married . His daughter was ...
... happy sorrow and benevolent affection . Yea , many a good angel has shed blessings on their heads ! Within the last three years , and sixteen from the date of his first great grief , Roger had again got married . His daughter was ...
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... happy world , and how that the raindrops , now it had cleared up , hung like diamonds on the laurels , when of a sudden , as he turned a corner near the house , there broke upon his ear , at that quiet hour , such a storm THE CONTRAST . 21.
... happy world , and how that the raindrops , now it had cleared up , hung like diamonds on the laurels , when of a sudden , as he turned a corner near the house , there broke upon his ear , at that quiet hour , such a storm THE CONTRAST . 21.
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... happy debtors to the prowess of a Stultz , and walking advertisers of Nugee , —take eager part with the opposed belligerents : more than one decanter is sent hissing through the air ; more than one bloody coxcomb witnesses to the weight ...
... happy debtors to the prowess of a Stultz , and walking advertisers of Nugee , —take eager part with the opposed belligerents : more than one decanter is sent hissing through the air ; more than one bloody coxcomb witnesses to the weight ...
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... happy reverie , the kind father distributed his ill - got sovereign . For a while he held it in his hand , as loth to part from the tangible possession of his trea- sure but manual contact could not last all day , and , as he neared his ...
... happy reverie , the kind father distributed his ill - got sovereign . For a while he held it in his hand , as loth to part from the tangible possession of his trea- sure but manual contact could not last all day , and , as he neared his ...
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Common terms and phrases
apoplexy aunt Bacchus's bailiff baronet Ben Burke Ben's blessing Bridget Burke CHAPTER cottage covetous crime crock of gold dare daughter dear devil door dread dream eyes fancied father fear fellow flung fool girl give gone Grace Acton guilty Hall hand happy Happy prison head hear heard heart heaven hoard honest Roger honey honey-pot honour hope Hurstley innocent John Devereux Jonathan Floyd kind kind gentlemen kindly knew labour landlord look Lord Mammon Mary Acton master mind morning murder Narbonne neighbours never night once Philip Sharp Pike Island poacher poor pretty prison Quarles Quarles's quiet rich Richard Hunt Roger Acton round Sarah Stack seemed shawl shilling silence Simon Jennings Sir John soul stood strange tell thank thee thing thou thought toil tongue trouble truth turn wealth wicked wish word wretch
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Էջ 65 - Israel, trust in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy : and with Him is plenteous redemption. 8. And He shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.
Էջ 129 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 229 - Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Էջ 324 - But in this genial interval, nature is in all her freshness and fragrance ; " the rains are over and gone, the flowers appear upon the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land.
Էջ 119 - Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Էջ 64 - Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice. O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee ; therefore shalt thou be feared. O Israel, trust in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.
Էջ 323 - The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Էջ 323 - A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Էջ 323 - He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Էջ 290 - Pardon me," upstarted Mr. Sharp, " this poor gentleman is a monomaniac ; pray, my lurd, let him be removed while the trial is proceeding." "You horsehair hypocrite you !" roared Ben, "would you hang the innocent and save the guilty ?