The graver thoughts of a country parson, by the author of 'The recreations of a country parson'. |
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... history of this country , have there been days in which the work of cultured men was so hard , so eager , so exhausting , so perilous to fagged brain and nerves , to fevered soul and spirit . How early men break down now , in ...
... history of this country , have there been days in which the work of cultured men was so hard , so eager , so exhausting , so perilous to fagged brain and nerves , to fevered soul and spirit . How early men break down now , in ...
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... history does not say a word , save in this indirect way , of any special grief at that death -that breaking of a link to the long - past history of some there . For anything the Book of Genesis ex- pressly records , this may have been ...
... history does not say a word , save in this indirect way , of any special grief at that death -that breaking of a link to the long - past history of some there . For anything the Book of Genesis ex- pressly records , this may have been ...
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... history , and the passing on of time , are infinitely touching when brought really home to us . The wearied - out old frame laid in the last sleep ; the hopeful young days a hundred and twenty - five years ago ; the busy , helpful life ...
... history , and the passing on of time , are infinitely touching when brought really home to us . The wearied - out old frame laid in the last sleep ; the hopeful young days a hundred and twenty - five years ago ; the busy , helpful life ...
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... history ; and many of the kindest hearts that ever beat in this world have felt for her . She comes , for just this little time , out of the darkness and the void : she is before us , stunned , despairing , and dying : no doubt her ...
... history ; and many of the kindest hearts that ever beat in this world have felt for her . She comes , for just this little time , out of the darkness and the void : she is before us , stunned , despairing , and dying : no doubt her ...
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... history of mankind has revealed lower depths -the utter extinction of common honesty in dealings , -a race of liars and cheats , -the total destruction of purity and virtue in life , -a race where the fireside sanctities of domestic ...
... history of mankind has revealed lower depths -the utter extinction of common honesty in dealings , -a race of liars and cheats , -the total destruction of purity and virtue in life , -a race where the fireside sanctities of domestic ...
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