Cheap Repository Tracts, Suited to the Present TimesF. C. & J. Rivington, no. 62, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and no. 3, Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall, 1819 - Devotional literature, English - 160 pages |
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Page 22 - He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 124 - BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. BLESSED are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted.
Page 3 - But the wise man truly observes, that as " the race is not always to the swift," so is not bread always to the man of understanding. In the common course of events, Providence usually blesses honest industry with success; but the whole history of the world proves that outward prosperity is no certain mark of God's favour. Indeed were this universally the. case, we should want one of the strongest arguments for a future state. But if the Divine dispensations are mysterious, we know that they are holy,...
Page 112 - ... learn to read the word of God for nothing. For who is to pay for them? equality can't afford it; and those that may be willing won't be able. Tom. But we shall be one as good as another, for all that. Jack.
Page 111 - Though my lady is too rantipolish, and flies about all summer to hot water and cold water, and fresh water and salt water, when she ought to stay at home with sir John: yet when she does come down, she brings such a deal of gentry that I have more horses than I can shoe, and my wife more linen than she can wash. Then all our grown children are servants in the family, and rare wages they have got. Our little boys get something every day by weeding their gardens, and the...
Page 139 - Sir. British laws for my guard, My cottage is barr'd, 'Tis safe in the light or the dark, Sir; If the Squire should oppress, I get instant redress, My orchard's as safe as his park, Sir. My cot is my throne, What I have is my own, And what is my own I will keep, Sir; Should riot ensue, I may plow, it is true, But I'm sure that I never shall reap, Sir.
Page 138 - Tis still my delight — With my wages to run home the faster ; But if Frenchmen rule here, I may look far and near, But I never shall find a paymaster.
Page 105 - I'll tell thee a story. When sir John married, my lady, who is a little fantastical, and likes to do every thing like the French, begged him to pull down yonder fine old castle, and build it up in her frippery way. No...
Page 119 - I'll go and make a bonfire, and — Jack. Hold, Tom. There is but one thing worse than a bitter enemy ; and that is, an imprudent friend. If thou...
Page 101 - I'll be bound for thee. — Thou art an honest fellow in the main, though thou dost tipple and prate a little too much at the Rose and Crown. Tom. No, no, I want a new Constitution. Jack. Indeed ! Why I thought thou hadst been a desperate healthy fellow. Send for the doctor directly.