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... hope of drawing attention to the evils thence en- suing that these tales have been written . The work , indeed , may be ill done , or in a manner , the wisdom of which may be questioned ; ( if so , may another do it better ! ) but still ...
... hope of drawing attention to the evils thence en- suing that these tales have been written . The work , indeed , may be ill done , or in a manner , the wisdom of which may be questioned ; ( if so , may another do it better ! ) but still ...
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... stability of the Church in England . Thine , good Reader , in the earnest hope that you may find pleasure in reading , and profit from the moral of my tales , THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . CHAPTER THE CURATE OF CUMBERWORTH . I. AN.
... stability of the Church in England . Thine , good Reader , in the earnest hope that you may find pleasure in reading , and profit from the moral of my tales , THE AUTHOR . CONTENTS . CHAPTER THE CURATE OF CUMBERWORTH . I. AN.
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... hope to go a - head . ' ' Vestigia nulla retrorsum . ' It may take years to undo the mistakes made through injudicious zeal at the commencement of a ministry . " " My dear sir , I beg your pardon , but clergymen of your time of life are ...
... hope to go a - head . ' ' Vestigia nulla retrorsum . ' It may take years to undo the mistakes made through injudicious zeal at the commencement of a ministry . " " My dear sir , I beg your pardon , but clergymen of your time of life are ...
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... person who does not grudge his trouble . He seems made for exertion , and as if he could not live in any state but one of activity . " " Not a restless fidget , love , I hope 16 THE CURATE OF CUMBERWORTH . IN WANT OF WORK.
... person who does not grudge his trouble . He seems made for exertion , and as if he could not live in any state but one of activity . " " Not a restless fidget , love , I hope 16 THE CURATE OF CUMBERWORTH . IN WANT OF WORK.
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... hope you may , Charles ; but , at any rate , for the present , you can do nothing ; and meanwhile the Church , and the schools , and the sick will be carefully attended to . " " I feel quite equal to seeing him , Mary : let him come up ...
... hope you may , Charles ; but , at any rate , for the present , you can do nothing ; and meanwhile the Church , and the schools , and the sick will be carefully attended to . " " I feel quite equal to seeing him , Mary : let him come up ...
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Page 182 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.