The curate of Cumberworth: and The vicar of Roost, by the author of 'The owlet of Owlstone Edge'. |
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... position of the various parts of the parish . Not so Mr. Smith . He set out with the conviction that it would be rather an advantage than otherwise to lose his way roads and paths , gates and stiles , would be all the more vividly ...
... position of the various parts of the parish . Not so Mr. Smith . He set out with the conviction that it would be rather an advantage than otherwise to lose his way roads and paths , gates and stiles , would be all the more vividly ...
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... position , but to find oneself in it , all retreat cut off , and nothing left but to grapple with one's difficulties , and to fight out the inevitable battle to the end , dear me ! the thought quite exhilarates me . " And he positively ...
... position , but to find oneself in it , all retreat cut off , and nothing left but to grapple with one's difficulties , and to fight out the inevitable battle to the end , dear me ! the thought quite exhilarates me . " And he positively ...
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... position of the hour - hand . 66 Why , bless your heart , sir , ' tis eighteen minutes to four ! " " Ah ! that is eighteen minutes to eleven . It's all the same . I met with an accident the other day , and the case was dented in so that ...
... position of the hour - hand . 66 Why , bless your heart , sir , ' tis eighteen minutes to four ! " " Ah ! that is eighteen minutes to eleven . It's all the same . I met with an accident the other day , and the case was dented in so that ...
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... position and a snug corner . And some , it is to be hoped , would have listened " to get good , ' and of these , here and there one , perhaps , would have not only got it , but carried it off . 29 Heigh ho ! sermons and sermonizing ...
... position and a snug corner . And some , it is to be hoped , would have listened " to get good , ' and of these , here and there one , perhaps , would have not only got it , but carried it off . 29 Heigh ho ! sermons and sermonizing ...
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... position , Mrs. Finch , should always be punctual , never after the time . " " Mr. Blandy , sir , ( and everybody knows what a wise man Mr. Blandy is , ) used to say that folks that are before the time are as unpunctual as those that ...
... position , Mrs. Finch , should always be punctual , never after the time . " " Mr. Blandy , sir , ( and everybody knows what a wise man Mr. Blandy is , ) used to say that folks that are before the time are as unpunctual as those that ...
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Page 31 - twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 144 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 233 - WHEN gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain ; He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 133 - Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head...
Page 221 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
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.