Holiday PapersR. Hardwicke, 1864 - 431 pages |
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... have ventured to string them on the thread of holiday thought after the fashion now in your hands . I push my little boat out into the great paper fleet which daily risks the wind of vi Preface . public opinion , in hope that it.
... have ventured to string them on the thread of holiday thought after the fashion now in your hands . I push my little boat out into the great paper fleet which daily risks the wind of vi Preface . public opinion , in hope that it.
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... , and win eventually respect and health . Indeed , to enjoy a holiday thoroughly , there is need of more decision than appears at first . Remember that it is a holiday , and drive away 8 Do without Letters . the working thoughts and cares.
... , and win eventually respect and health . Indeed , to enjoy a holiday thoroughly , there is need of more decision than appears at first . Remember that it is a holiday , and drive away 8 Do without Letters . the working thoughts and cares.
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Harry Jones. 8 Do without Letters . the working thoughts and cares which will sometimes follow in your track . If possible , do without letters ; it has been found that they will answer one another if allowed to accumulate at home ...
Harry Jones. 8 Do without Letters . the working thoughts and cares which will sometimes follow in your track . If possible , do without letters ; it has been found that they will answer one another if allowed to accumulate at home ...
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... thought of the trouble which other people have been at , in the way of business , to produce what he enjoys . You are not expected to feel an interest in the construc- tion of locomotives when you take a first - class ticket , or to ...
... thought of the trouble which other people have been at , in the way of business , to produce what he enjoys . You are not expected to feel an interest in the construc- tion of locomotives when you take a first - class ticket , or to ...
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... thought them ) made him stop in alarm . He thought murder was being done . " Bless my heart , " cried he excitedly , " do you hear that ? What is it ? " " That ? " replied his companion , " oh , that is an argument . " And , I suppose ...
... thought them ) made him stop in alarm . He thought murder was being done . " Bless my heart , " cried he excitedly , " do you hear that ? What is it ? " " That ? " replied his companion , " oh , that is an argument . " And , I suppose ...
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Page 257 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 244 - I want is, that you should be able so far to put yourself out of the question, as to rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep.
Page 166 - My curtains drawn and all is snug ; Old Puss is in her elbow-chair, And Tray is sitting on the rug. Last night I had a curious dream ; Miss Susan Bates was Mistress Mogg — What d'ye think of that, my Cat ? What d'ye think of that, my Dog ? She...
Page 160 - A wife, a spaniel, and a walnut-tree, The more you beat them, the better they be.
Page 119 - During the last century it has spread gradually over Asiatic Russia towards the north and east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on the Irtisch in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed the land. It came in 1735 up the Obi to Beresow, and four years after to Naryn, about fifteen degrees of longitude farther east. In 1710 it had been seen in the higher parts of the course of the Lena, in the...
Page 35 - The natural (or merely worldly-wise) man, receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him : neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." They are "hid from the wise and prudent, and revealed unto babes...